Homozygous nonsense mutation in the insulin receptor gene of a patient with severe congenital insulin resistance: Leprechaunism and the role of the insulin-like growth factor receptor

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 229-235

  Jospe, Nicholas ^a,c   Kaplowitz, Paul B ^b   Furlanetto, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STRONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; SOMATOMEDIN; SOMATOMEDIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LEPRECHAUNISM; NONSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0029848059     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1996.d01-1548.x     Document Type: Article

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