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Associations between pituitary imaging abnormalities and clinical and biochemical phenotypes in children with congenital growth hormone deficiency: data from an international observational study.
Hormone research in paediatrics - 1 Jan 2013
Deal Cheri, Hasselmann Caroline, Pfäffle Roland W, Zimmermann Alan G, Quigley Charmian A, Child Christopher J, Shavrikova Elena P, Cutler Gordon B, Blum Werner F
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BACKGROUND/AIMS: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is used to investigate the etiology of growth hormone deficiency (GHD). This study examined relationships between MRI findings and clinical/hormonal phenotypes in children with GHD in the observational Genetics and Neuroendocrinology of Short Stature International Study, GeNeSIS. METHODS: Clinical presentation, hormonal status and first-year GH response were...
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