Familial growth hormone deficiency associated with MRI abnormalities

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 128-132

  Hamilton, Jill ^a   Chitayat, David ^a   Blaser, Susan ^b   Cohen, Laurie E ^c   Phillips III, John A ^d   Daneman, Denis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Familial; Growth hormone deficiency; Hypopituitarism; MRI

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT 1;

ADULT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CAROTID ARTERY ANOMALY; CASE REPORT; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PITUITARY GLAND, POSTERIOR;

EID: 0031733089     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19981102)80:2<128::AID-AJMG7>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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