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Aged PROP1 deficient dwarf mice maintain ACTH production.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Nasonkin Igor O, Ward Robert D, Bavers David L, Beuschlein Felix, Mortensen Amanda H, Keegan Catherine E, Hammer Gary D, Camper Sally A
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Humans with PROP1 mutations have multiple pituitary hormone deficiencies (MPHD) that typically advance from growth insufficiency diagnosed in infancy to include more severe growth hormone (GH) deficiency and progressive reduction in other anterior pituitary hormones, eventually including adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) deficiency and hypocortisolism. Congenital deficiencies of GH, prolactin, and thyroid...
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