Article
A novel mutation affecting the interdomain link region of the growth hormone receptor in a Vietnamese girl, and response to long-term treatment with recombinant human insulin-like growth factor-I and luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone analogue.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Jul 1998
Walker J L, Crock P A, Behncken S N, Rowlinson S W, Nicholson L M, Boulton T J, Waters M J
Abstract excerpt
A Vietnamese girl with Laron syndrome has been treated with recombinant human insulin-like growth factor-I for 4 yr from age 11.28 yr. Her height SD score increased from -6.3 to -4.7 without acceleration of bone age. Isolated breast development progressed despite pubertal suppression with luteini...
Topics
- Animals
- CHO Cells
- COS Cells
- Child
- Cricetinae
- Dwarfism
- Female
- Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone
- Homozygote
- Humans
- Insulin-Like Growth Factor I
- Mutation
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Puberty, Precocious