Familial growth hormone deficiency with mutated GHRH receptor gene: Clinical and hormonal findings in homozygous and heterozygous individuals from Itabaianinha

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 557-563

  Hayashida, César Y ^a   Gondo, Rogério G ^a   Ferrari, Carmela ^a   Toledo, Sérgio P A ^a   Salvatori, Roberto ^b   Levine, Michael A ^b   Ezabella, Marilza C L ^a   Abelin, Neusa ^a   Gianella Neto, Daniel ^a   Wajchenberg, Bernardo L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; SOMATOMEDIN C; THYROXINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BODY HEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0034086960     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1420557     Document Type: Article

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