Article
The spectrum of growth-hormone insensitivity.
The Journal of pediatrics - 1 Jul 1997
Parks J S, Brown M R, Faase M E
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To summarize the steps that led to the recognition of the Laron syndrome of growth-hormone (GH) insensitivity as a recessive disorder that is caused by mutations in the growth hormone receptor (GHR) gene, to discuss the different types of mutations that have been found in the GHR gene, and to examine whether the degree of growth impairment in affected homozygotes depends on the specific type of GHR...
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