Growth hormone deficiency associated in the 18q deletion syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-12

  Ghidoni, Patricia Davis ^a   Hale, Daniel E ^a   Cody, Jannine D ^a   Gay, Charles T ^a   Thompson, Nora M ^a   McClure, Erin B ^a   Danney, Mark M ^a,b   Leach, Robin J ^a   Kaye, Celia I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Santa Rosa Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

18q deletion syndrome; chromosome 18; growth hormone deficiency

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE BINDING PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 18Q; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MENTAL RETARDATION MALFORMATION SYNDROME; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INFANT; SYNDROME;

CYPRINUS CARPIO;

EID: 0031053951     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19970303)69:1<7::AID-AJMG2>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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