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Normal pituitary function in a Japanese patient with Barth syndrome

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In spite of low basal insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) level and delayed bone age, the growth hormone-IGF-1 axis was normal in a patient with Barth syndrome.

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  1. Department of Paediatrics, Tohoku University School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8574, Japan

    Yuriko Katsushima, Ikuma Fujiwara, Osamu Sakamoto, Toshihiro Ohura, Shigeaki Miyabayashi & Kazuie Iinuma

  2. Takuto Rehabilitation Centre for Children (Miyagi), Sendai, Japan

    Akira Ohnuma

  3. Shimane Medical University, Izumo, Japan

    Seiji Yamaguchi

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Katsushima, Y., Fujiwara, I., Sakamoto, O. et al. Normal pituitary function in a Japanese patient with Barth syndrome. Eur J Pediatr 161, 67–68 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-001-0869-5

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