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Short Stature, Accelerated Bone Maturation, and Early Growth Cessation Due to Heterozygous Aggrecan Mutations
24 Apr 2014
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CONTEXT: Many children with idiopathic short stature have a delayed bone age. Idiopathic short stature with advanced bone age is far less common. OBJECTIVE: The aim was to identify underlying genetic causes of short stature with advanced bone age. SETTING AND DESIGN: We used whole-exome sequencing to study three families with autosomal-dominant short stature, advanced bone age, and premature growth cessation....
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