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Mutations of the growth hormone receptor in children with idiopathic short stature. The Growth Hormone Insensitivity Study Group.
The New England journal of medicine - 26 Oct 1995
Goddard A D, Covello R, Luoh S M, Clackson T, Attie K M, Gesundheit N, Rundle A C, Wells J A, Carlsson L M
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BACKGROUND: Short stature in children who are not deficient in growth hormone (GH) is probably caused by a variety of defects. Some children with idiopathic short stature have low serum concentrations of GH-binding protein, which is derived from the GH receptor. The possibility that low serum concentrations of GH-binding protein might indicate partial insensitivity to GH led us to investigate possible defects in...
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