1991•New England Journal of MedicineOpen access

Effects of the Infusion of Insulin-like Growth Factor I in a Child with Growth Hormone Insensitivity Syndrome (Laron Dwarfism)

J. L. Walker, Maria Ginalska-Malinowska, Tomasz E. Romer, Jolanta B. Pucilowska, L E Underwood

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THE clinical manifestations of the growth hormone insensitivity syndrome (Laron dwarfism) result from the inability of growth hormone to exert its biologic actions.1 , 2 Affected children have the ...

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Key concepts: Dwarfism, Medicine, Endocrinology, Growth hormone, Internal medicine, Insulin-like growth factor, Hormone, Insulin