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Two different 5' splice site mutations in the growth hormone gene causing autosomal dominant growth hormone deficiency.
Human genetics - 1 Nov 1997
Missarelli C, Herrera L, Mericq V, Carvallo P
Abstract excerpt
Four distinct types of isolated growth hormone deficiency (IGHD) have been described to date. Of these IGHD type II has been defined as having a dominant mode of inheritance. We performed a molecular genetic analysis of two patients clinically characterized as IGHD type II. One of the patients and her father shared a heterozygous G-A transition in the first 5' donor splice site of intron III. The second father...
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