A case of inherited GH deficiency with a 6.7-kb deletion of GH-1 gene

Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-46

  Sugawara, Akira ^a,g   Hanew, Kunihiko ^a   Ogawa, Masamichi ^b   Kamijo, Takashi ^c   Tanaka, Aki ^a   Itoi, Keiichi ^a   Igarashi, Yutaka ^a   Iwatani, Noritaka ^d   Kohno, Hitoshi ^e   Koga, Junichi ^f   Ito, Sadayoshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Ogawa Clinic   (Japan)

^c Kami iida Daiichi General Hospital   (Japan)

^d KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e FUKUOKA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f JCR Pharmaceuticals Co   (Japan)

^g Osaka City University   (Japan)

Author keywords

GH deficiency; GH 1 gene deletion; Short stature

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE AGE; CASE REPORT; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FETUS DISTRESS; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH RETARDATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; INHERITANCE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROVOCATION TEST; SCREENING; SHORT STATURE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0342995930     PISSN: 09185739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1297/cpe.7.41     Document Type: Article

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