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Insulin-like growth factor I gene deletion causing intrauterine growth retardation and severe short stature.
Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992). Supplement - 1 Nov 1997
Woods K A, Camacho-Hübner C, Barter D, Clark A J, Savage M O
Abstract excerpt
The first human case of a homozygous molecular defect in the gene encoding insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) is described. The patient was a 15-year-old boy from a consanguineous pedigree who presented with severe intrauterine growth failure, sensorineural deafness and mild mental retardation....
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