Recessively inherited growth hormone deficiency in a family from Iraq.
A family from Iraq with five growth hormone deficient children in two closely related sibships is reported. The clinical forms and modes of inheritance of familial growth hormone deficiency are discussed briefly.
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003241:Consanguinity; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D005808:Genes, Recessive; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000172:deficiency*; D006801:Humans; D007493:Iraq / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree; D010641:Phenotype
D013006:Growth Hormone