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Severe short stature caused by novel compound heterozygous mutations of the insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor (IGF1R).
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Feb 2012
Fang Peng, Cho Yoon Hi, Derr Michael A, Rosenfeld Ron G, Hwa Vivian, Cowell Christopher T
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CONTEXT: IGF-I, essential for normal human growth in utero and postnatally, mediates its effects through the IGF-I receptor (IGF1R). More than nine heterozygous mutations, including one compound heterozygous mutation, of the IGF1R gene have been reported in patients with varying degrees of intrauterine and postnatal growth retardation. OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was the analysis of the IGF1R gene in a...
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