Article
Molecular basis of inherited growth hormone resistance in childhood.
Bailliere's clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Jul 1996
Amselem S, Sobrier M L, Dastot F, Duquesnoy P, Duriez B, Goossens M
Abstract excerpt
The growth hormone receptor (GHR), a member of the cytokine receptor superfamily that gives rise to a soluble and circulating counterpart (GHBP), is the main target of Laron syndrome (LS), a severe autosomal recessive dwarfism characterized by complete GH insensitivity. Genetic and mutation analy...
Topics
- Carrier Proteins
- Child
- Growth Disorders
- Human Growth Hormone
- Humans
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Receptors, Somatotropin
