We found a match
Your institution may have rights to this item. Sign in to continue.
- Title
Growth hormone insensitivity syndrome: A sensitive approach.
- Authors
Goswami, Soumik; Ghosh, Sujoy; Chowdhury, Subhankar
- Abstract
Patients with Growth Hormone Insensitivity have characteristic phenotypic features and severe short stature. The underlying basis are mutations in the growth hormone receptor gene which gives rise to a characteristic hormonal profile. Although a scoring system has been devised for the diagnosis of this disorder, it has not been indisputably validated. The massive expense incurred in the diagnosis and treatment of this condition with suboptimal therapeutic response necessitates a judicious approach in this regard in our country.
- Subjects
SOMATOTROPIN; CONGENITAL insensitivity to pain; SHORT stature; PITUITARY dwarfism; LARON dwarfism
- Publication
Indian Journal of Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2012, Vol 16, Issue 5, p817
- ISSN
2230-8210
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/2230-8210.100636