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Sizes of abdominal organs in adults with severe short stature due to severe, untreated, congenital GH deficiency caused by a homozygous mutation in the GHRH receptor gene

2008; Wiley; Volume: 69; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1365-2265.2007.03148.x

ISSN

1365-2265

Autores

Carla R. P. Oliveira, Roberto Salvatori, Luciana Michele A. Nóbrega, Erick O. M. Carvalho, Menilson Menezes, Catarine T. Farias, Allan Valadão de Oliveira Britto, Rossana M. C. Pereira, Manuel H. Aguiar‐Oliveira,

Tópico(s)

Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life

Resumo

To assess the sizes of intra-abdominal organs of adult subjects with untreated severe congenital isolated GH deficiency (IGHD) due to lack of functional GHRH receptor (GHRH-R), and to verify whether there is proportionality between size of organ and adult stature and body surface area (BSA).

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