Article
Clinical significance and molecular mechanisms of bioinactive growth hormone (review).
International journal of molecular medicine - 1 Sept 1998
Takahashi Y, Chihara K
Abstract excerpt
About 80% of short children are not deficient in endogenous growth hormone (GH) and termed idiopathic short stature (ISS). The causes of impaired growth in children with ISS are various. Short stature and low insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) concentration despite normal to high GH concentrati...
Topics
- Child
- Growth Disorders
- Human Growth Hormone
- Humans
- Laron Syndrome
- Mutation
- Recombinant Proteins
- Syndrome