Growth hormone neurosecretory dysfunction associated with ring chromosome 18

Pediatrics International

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 544-548

  Aritaki, Sekoiya ^a   Takagi, Akira ^a   Someya, Hayashi ^a   Jun, Li ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Growth hormone neurosecretory dysfunction; Ring chromosome 18; Ring syndrome; Short stature

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

AGE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 18; CHROMOSOME DELETION; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; NEUROSECRETION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RING CHROMOSOME; SHORT STATURE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; NEUROSECRETION; RING CHROMOSOMES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029782468     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.1996.tb03543.x     Document Type: Article

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