 Dwarfism
"Dwarfism" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A genetic or pathological condition that is characterized by short stature and undersize. Abnormal skeletal growth usually results in an adult who is significantly below the average height.
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D004392
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.116.099.343 C16.320.240 C19.297
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dwarfism" by people in Profiles.
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Tan TY, Gonzaga-Jauregui C, Bhoj EJ, Strauss KA, Brigatti K, Puffenberger E, Li D, Xie L, Das N, Skubas I, Deckelbaum RA, Hughes V, Brydges S, Hatsell S, Siao CJ, Dominguez MG, Economides A, Overton JD, Mayne V, Simm PJ, Jones BO, Eggers S, Le Guyader G, Pelluard F, Haack TB, Sturm M, Riess A, Waldmueller S, Hofbeck M, Steindl K, Joset P, Rauch A, Hakonarson H, Baker NL, Farlie PG. Monoallelic BMP2 Variants Predicted to Result in Haploinsufficiency Cause Craniofacial, Skeletal, and Cardiac Features Overlapping Those of 20p12 Deletions. Am J Hum Genet. 2017 Dec 07; 101(6):985-994.
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Chen CT, Hehnly H, Yu Q, Farkas D, Zheng G, Redick SD, Hung HF, Samtani R, Jurczyk A, Akbarian S, Wise C, Jackson A, Bober M, Guo Y, Lo C, Doxsey S. A unique set of centrosome proteins requires pericentrin for spindle-pole localization and spindle orientation. Curr Biol. 2014 Oct 06; 24(19):2327-34.
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Zou W, Greenblatt MB, Shim JH, Kant S, Zhai B, Lotinun S, Brady N, Hu DZ, Gygi SP, Baron R, Davis RJ, Jones D, Glimcher LH. MLK3 regulates bone development downstream of the faciogenital dysplasia protein FGD1 in mice. J Clin Invest. 2011 Nov; 121(11):4383-92.
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Nwosu BU, Soyka LA, Angelescu A, Lee MM. Evidence of insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 proteolysis during growth hormone stimulation testing. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2011; 24(3-4):163-7.
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Delaval B, Doxsey SJ. Pericentrin in cellular function and disease. J Cell Biol. 2010 Jan 25; 188(2):181-90.
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Delaval B, Doxsey S. Genetics. Dwarfism, where pericentrin gains stature. Science. 2008 Feb 8; 319(5864):732-3.
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Sanghavi D. Wanting babies like themselves, some parents choose genetic defects. N Y Times Web. 2006 Dec 5; F5, F8.
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Wojcik J, Berg MA, Esposito N, Geffner ME, Sakati N, Reiter EO, Dower S, Francke U, Postel-Vinay MC, Finidori J. Four contiguous amino acid substitutions, identified in patients with Laron syndrome, differently affect the binding affinity and intracellular trafficking of the growth hormone receptor. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1998 Dec; 83(12):4481-9.
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