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6 GROWTH HORMONE GENE DELETION WITHOUT GROWTH ARREST
Isolated growth hormone deficiency type 1A (IGHD 1A) is caused by deletion of the hGH-N gene. As described in Swiss pedigrees, antibody development and growth arrest complicate hGH treatment. We used restricti...
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LARON TYPE DWARFISM IS NOT DUE TO A MUTATION IN OR NEAR THE HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE GENE
We have analyzed DNA restriction fragment length polymorphism to determine whether the mutation responsible for Laron Type Dwarfism (LTD) is linked to the human growth hormone (hGH) gene. An hGH haplotype repr...
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The LH and FSH responses to LH-releasing hormone (LH-RH) in girls with true precocious puberty treated with cyproterone acetate
Ten girls with precocious puberty ranging in age from 7 to 10 7/12 years who were treated with oral cyproterone acetate on a long term basis, were subjected to LH-RH tests, prior to and 3 to 16 months after th...
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Action of Bovine and Human Pancreatic Phospholipase A on Lipoprotein-bound Phospholipids
IN previous reports from, our laboratory some characteristics of the in vitro and in vivo activity of snake venom phospholipase A were described. The enzyme was found to split lipoprotein-bound phospholipids pres...