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Growth hormone secretion and its effect on height in pediatric patients with different genotypes of Prader-Willi syndrome.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Jun 2012
Oto Yuji, Obata Kazuo, Matsubara Keiko, Kozu Yuki, Tsuchiya Takayoshi, Sakazume Satoru, Yoshino Atsunori, Murakami Nobuyuki, Ogata Tsutomu, Nagai Toshiro
Abstract excerpt
There have been multiple reports regarding the growth hormone (GH) secretion in patients with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS). However, none have compared GH secretion in children with deletion group to those with maternal uniparental disomy (UPD). We evaluated the GH secretion in pediatric patients with PWS. Seventy-six patients with a deletion (n = 55) or UPD (n = 21) were studied. The secretion of GH by insulin...
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