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  • Title: Genetic forms of pituitary dwarfism.
    Author: Rimoin DL.
    Journal: Birth Defects Orig Artic Ser; 1971 May; 7(6):12-20. PubMed ID: 4375505.
    Abstract:
    Pituitary dwarfism represents a genetically heterogeneous group of disorders which may be classified on the basis of: associated developmental anomalies or degenerative disease; deficiency of, or peripheral insensitivity to HGH; the number of deficient hormones; the associated metabolic disturbances; and the mode of inheritance. Hereditary forms of pituitary dwarfism include: congenital absence of the pituitary, panhypopituitary dwarfism (autosomal and X-linked recessive forms), isolated HGH deficiency (Types I and II), Laron type of dwarfism, and peripheral unresponsiveness to HGH (the African Pygmies).
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