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Mild phenotype in two siblings with a missense GHR variant.
Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM - 26 Oct 2021
Sarıkaya Özdemir Behiye, Çetinkaya Semra, Güleray Lafcı Naz, Şakar Merve, Karacan Küçükali Gülin, Elmaoğullari Selin, Savaş Erdeve Şenay
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OBJECTIVES: Laron syndrome (LS) is a disease caused by growth hormone receptor (GHR) defects. It is characterized by severe postnatal growth retardation and distinctive facial features. CASE PRESENTATION: In this case report, we describe the clinical and biochemical characteristics of two siblings with LS, a sister and a brother, and identify a homozygous c.344A> C (p.Asn115Thr) variant in GHR. The sister was 11...
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