Same Phenotype in Children with Growth Hormone Deficiency and Resistance

• Main Authors: Irene Ioimo (Author), Carmen Guarracino (Author), Cristina Meazza (Author), Horacio M. Domené (Author), Mauro Bozzola (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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By definition, about 2.5% of children show a short stature due to several causes. Two clinical conditions are characterized by serum IGF-I low levels, idiopathic GH deficiency (IGHD), and GH insensitivity (GHI), and the phenotypic appearance of these patients may be very similar. We studied two chil...