Laron syndrome: typical and atypical forms.

doi:10.1016/s0950-351x(96)80500-3

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Laron syndrome: typical and atypical forms.

Bailliere's clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Jul 1996

Woods K A, Savage M O

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Since the original description of LS by Laron in 1966, this rare condition has continued to assume an importance far beyond the number of affected cases as a unique model of GHR dysfunction. Recently, the potential of therapy with recombinant IGF-I has led to the recruitment and detailed study of...

Topics

Age Factors
Carrier Proteins
Growth Disorders
Human Growth Hormone
Humans
Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3
Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Proteins
Phenotype
Receptors, Somatotropin
Somatomedins
Syndrome

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