Prevalence of human GH-1 gene alterations in patients with isolated growth hormone deficiency

Pediatric Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 105-110

  Wagner, Johann K ^a   Eblé, Andrée ^a   Hindmarsh, Peter C ^b   Mullis, Primus E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; BODY GROWTH; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 17; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOP CODON;

EID: 0031890209     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199801000-00016     Document Type: Article

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