Difference between Japanese and Caucasian populations in the allelic frequency of growth hormone receptor polymorphisms

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-46

  Iida, Keiji ^a   Takahashi, Yutaka ^a   Kaji, Hidesuke ^b   Okimura, Yasuhiko ^c   Nose, Osamu ^d   Chihara, Kazuo ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Dr Nose's Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ethnic difference; Growth hormone receptor; Idiopathic short stature; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; JAPANESE; MALE; POPULATION GENETICS; RACE DIFFERENCE; SHORT STATURE;

EID: 61849129439     PISSN: 0334018X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPEM.2009.22.1.41     Document Type: Article

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