Laron syndrome (Primary growth hormone insensitivity): A unique model to explore the effect of insulin-like growth factor 1 deficiency on human hair

Dermatology

Volumn 208, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 314-318

  Lurie, R ^a   Ben Amitai, D ^a,b   Laron, Z ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Hair structure defect; Insulin like growth factor; Laron syndrome

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HAIR; HAIR DISEASE; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE RESISTANCE; HUMAN; LARON SYNDROME; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PILI TORTI ET CANALICULI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANTY HAIR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRICHORRHEXIS;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HAIR; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYNDROME;

EID: 2942583268     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000077839     Document Type: Article

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