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Clinical Characteristics of Short-Stature Patients With Collagen Gene Mutation and the Therapeutic Response to rhGH.
Frontiers in endocrinology - 1 Jan 2022
Chen Meiping, Miao Hui, Liang Hanting, Ke Xiaoan, Yang Hongbo, Gong Fengying, Wang Linjie, Duan Lian, Chen Shi, Pan Hui, Zhu Huijuan
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CONTEXT: Clinical genetic evaluation has been demonstrated as an important tool to elucidate the causes of growth disorders. Genetic defects of collagen formation (the collagenopathies) have been reported to be associated with short stature and skeletal dysplasias. Etiological diagnosis of skeletal abnormality-related short stature is challenging, and less is known about recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH)...
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