Clinical and Biochemical Characteristics of a Male Patient with a Novel Homozygous STAT5b Mutation
Author(s) -
Sólrún Vidarsdóttir,
M.J.E. Walenkamp,
Alberto M. Pereira,
Marcel Karperien,
Jaap van Doorn,
Hermine A. van Duyvenvoorde,
Stefan J. White,
Martijn H. Breuning,
Ferdinand Roelfsema,
M. Femke Kruithof,
Jaap van Dissel,
Riny Janssen,
Jan M. Wit,
Johannes A. Romijn
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2006-0368
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , endocrinology , mutation , medicine , growth hormone receptor , signal transduction , biology , receptor , phenotype , genetics , growth hormone , hormone , gene , paleontology
GH insensitivity can be caused by defects in the GH receptor (GHR) or in the postreceptor signaling pathway. Recently, two female patients with severe growth retardation and pulmonary and immunological problems were described with a defect in STAT5b, a critical intermediary of downstream GHR signaling.
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