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A Clinical Trial of High-Dose Growth Hormone in a Patient With a Dominant-Negative Growth Hormone Receptor Mutation.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 15 Oct 2024
Merchant Nadia, Houchin Lisa, Boucher Kimberly, Dauber Andrew
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CONTEXT: Rare patients with short stature and growth hormone (GH) resistance have dominant-negative variants in the GH receptor. We describe a patient with GH resistance due to elevated levels of GH binding protein and demonstrate the potential for a precision medicine intervention. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether high-dose GH can overcome GH resistance in this specific patient resulting in normal insulin-like...
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