Growth hormone releasing hormone receptor codon 72 mutation in a cohort of Sri Lankan patients with growth hormone deficiency | Zendy

K S H De Silva | Zendy; Kamani Hemamala Tennekoon | Zendy; Tharmini Sundralingam | Zendy; B. Navarathne | Zendy; Asanka Sudeshini Hewage | Zendy; W S De Silva | Zendy; D Ganihigama | Zendy; Himesh Jayasinghe | Zendy; M.E.C. Muhandiram | Zendy

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Growth hormone releasing hormone receptor codon 72 mutation in a cohort of Sri Lankan patients with growth hormone deficiency

Author(s) -

K S H De Silva,

Kamani Hemamala Tennekoon,

Tharmini Sundralingam,

B. Navarathne,

Asanka Sudeshini Hewage,

W S De Silva,

D Ganihigama,

Himesh Jayasinghe,

M.E.C. Muhandiram

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

ceylon medical journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2386-1274

pISSN - 0009-0875

DOI - 10.4038/cmj.v61i1.8257

Subject(s) - medicine , hormone , hormone receptor , growth hormone deficiency , growth hormone , cohort , mutation , endocrinology , sri lanka , receptor , growth hormone receptor , gene , genetics , cancer , south asia , breast cancer , biology , history , ethnology

Growth hormone releasing hormone receptor (GHRH-R) codon 72 mutation is recognised as a common genetic cause of growth hormone deficiency (GHD) in the Indian subcontinent resulting in a characteristic lean phenotype. Genetic studies have not been previously carried out in Sri Lankans with GHD.

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