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Original paper

A comprehensive clinical and molecular genetic analysis of syndromic short stature children and response to recombinant growth hormone therapy

Subbiah Sridhar
1
,
Sreenivasan Palaniappan
1
,
Dhivya Shanmugam
1
,
M Kathirvel
2
,
Palanivel Sengottaiyan
1
,
SenthilKumar Jeyachandran
3

  1. Department of Endocrinology, Madurai Medical College and Government Rajaji Hospital, Madurai, India
  2. Department of Medical Genetics, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, India
  3. Department of Pediatrics, Madurai Medical College and Government Rajaji Hospital, Madurai, India
Pediatr Endocrinol Diabetes Metab 2026; 32
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/pedm.2026.159652
Online publish date: 2026/03/26
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