Article
Growth hormone insensitivity.
Pediatric clinics of North America - 1 Apr 1997
Rosenbloom A L, Rosenfeld R G, Guevara-Aguirre J
Abstract excerpt
Growth hormone insensitivity (GHI) may be primary, caused by defects in the GH receptor, or further along the GH-insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) axis, or secondary, resulting from a variety of illnesses or malnutrition affecting various steps in the pathway from the GH binding to IGF-I actio...
Topics
- Female
- Gene Deletion
- Growth Disorders
- Growth Hormone
- Humans
- Insulin-Like Growth Factor I
- Male
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Receptors, Somatotropin