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AbstractOver a 40‐year period, 1940 through the present, human growth research has increased from a minimal to a major part of physical anthropology. Such research, originally conducted at the major American growth centers, has become more diverse and more specialized, extending to National Probability Samplings, nutritional surveys, studies of twins ...
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Background Patients with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) have a cognitive impairment. Growth hormone (GH) treatment during childhood improves cognitive functioning, while cognition deteriorates in GH-untreated children with PWS.
R. J. Kuppens+5 more
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Background Despite the progress in the development of next‐generation sequencing (NGS), diagnostic PCR assays remain to be utilized in clinical routine due to their simplicity and low cost.
Natalia V. Mitiushkina+15 more
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BackgroundTestosterone (T) is mainly excreted in the urine as testosterone glucuronide (TG). This glucuronidation is partly dependent on the UGT2B17 genotype, and TG excretion is therefore lower in men having the UGT2B17 deletion.
Anne Kirstine eBang+3 more
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Background Cannabinoid-containing products are marketed to athletes as promoting recovery, in spite of a lack of data on their safety and effects.
Erica N. Peters+6 more
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Growth and Growth Factors [PDF]
The majority of articles selected for this chapter refer to novel pathophysiological mechanisms that have recently been elucidated. Levels of expression and methylation as well as specific polymorphisms in the IGF2 gene were shown to play a key role not only in fetal growth but also in early postnatal weight gain.
Elena Inzaghi, Stefano Cianfarani
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The Impact of Simple Institutions in Experimental Economies with Poverty Traps [PDF]
We introduce an experimental approach to study the effect of institutions on economic growth. In each period, agents produce and trade output in a market, and allocate it to consumption and investment.
Camerer, Colin F.+5 more
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Background Treatment costs for children with growth hormone (GH) deficiency are subsidized by the government in Japan if the children meet clinical criteria, including height limits (boys: 156.4 cm; girls: 145.4 cm).
Eri Maeda+19 more
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Minipuberty of human infancy – A window of opportunity to evaluate hypogonadism and differences of sex development? [PDF]
Activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis happens in 3 phases during life. The first phase is during fetal life and is only separated from the second phase, called minipuberty, by the high concentration of placental hormones at birth ...
Christoffer Højrup Renault+5 more
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Growth, growth factors and diabetes [PDF]
Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) and other chronic diseases in children are well known to adversely affect linear growth and pubertal development. In the years immediately following the introduction of insulin therapy, short stature was consistently reported in children with T1DM.
CHIARELLI, Francesco+2 more
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