A polymorphism in the growth hormone receptor is associated with height in children with Prader-Willi syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 155, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2970-2973

  Park, Sung Won ^a   Lee, Seung Tae ^a,b   Sohn, Young Bae ^a   Kim, Se Hwa ^a   Cho, Sung Yoon ^a   Ko, Ah ra ^b   Ji, Sun Tae ^a   Kwon, Jeong Yi ^a   Yeau, Sunghee ^c   Paik, Kyung Hoon ^a   Kim, Jong Won ^a,b   Jin, Dong Kyu ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

^c Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Genotype; Growth hormone receptor; Insulin like growth factor I; Prader Willi syndrome

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN C;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; FEMALE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR GENE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXONS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME; RECEPTORS, SOMATOTROPIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81955164129     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.34309     Document Type: Article

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