Growth Hormone Deficiency in Patients With a 22q11.2 Deletion: Expanding the Phenotype
Weinzimer S, McDonald-McGinn D, Driscoll D, Emanuel B, Zackai E, Moshang T. Growth Hormone Deficiency in Patients With a 22q11.2 Deletion: Expanding the Phenotype. Pediatrics 1998, 101: 929-932. PMID: 9565428, DOI: 10.1542/peds.101.5.929.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGrowth hormone deficiencyShort statureCardiac anomaliesHormone deficiencyVelocardiofacial syndromeLike growth factor I axisProvocative growth hormone testingT-cell abnormalitiesGrowth hormone therapyGrowth hormone testingFinal height predictionConotruncal cardiac anomaliesThird of childrenConotruncal anomaly face syndromeMild facial dysmorphiaHormone therapyPituitary anatomyHormone testingPituitary abnormalitiesI axisThymic aplasiaCell abnormalitiesGeneral populationPatientsDiGeorge sequence