Characterizing Short Stature by Insulin-like Growth Factor Axis Status and Genetic Associations: Results From the Prospective, Cross-sectional, Epidemiogenetic EPIGROW Study
Author(s) -
Peter Clayton,
Mireille Bonnemaire,
Pascale Dutailly,
Pascal Maisonobe,
Laurent Naudin,
Emmanuel Pham,
Zhidong Zhang,
Andrew Grupe,
Arunthathi Thiagalingam,
Patrice Denèfle
Publication year - 2013
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.2012-4283
Subject(s) - short stature , medicine , endocrinology , single nucleotide polymorphism , etiology , prospective cohort study , insulin like growth factor , biology , genetics , genotype , gene , growth factor , receptor
Serum IGF-I levels are often low in patients with short stature (SS) without defined etiology. Hence, genetic investigations have focused on the GH-IGF-I axis.
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