Genetic defects in the control of growth hormone secretion

Hormone Research

Volumn 49, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages 9-14

  Gertner, Joseph M ^a,c   Wajnrajch, Michael P ^a,b   Leibel, Rudolph L ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMD SERONO INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Dwarfism; GH1 gene mutation; Growth hormone deficiency; Growth hormone releasing hormone

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; HISTIDINE; HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DISORDER; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INDIAN; MALE; MOSLEM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHORT STATURE; STOP CODON;

ADOLESCENT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXONS; FEMALE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RECEPTORS, SOMATOTROPIN;

EID: 0031886593     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000053062     Document Type: Conference Paper

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