Prevalence of GH-1 gene deletion in patients with isolated growth hormone deficiency in Japan

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 157-162

  Ogawa, Masamichi ^a,h   Kamijo, Takashi ^b   Igarashi, Yutaka ^c   Nishi, Yoshikazu ^d   Iwatani, Noritaka ^e   Kohno, Hitoshi ^f   Koga, Junichi ^g   Byun, Young Jin ^g  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION NAGOYA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVORS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f FUKUOKA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^g JCR Pharmaceuticals Co Ltd   (Japan)

^h Ogawa Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deletion mutation; GH 1 gene; IGHD type IA; Isolated growth hormone deficiency (IGHD); Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROMOTER REGION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034044234     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.47.157     Document Type: Article

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