Body Height - Genetics
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Human acid-labile subunit deficiency: clinical, endocrine and metabolic consequences.

30 Aug 2009 The majority of insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I and IGF-II circulate in the serum as a complex with the insulin-like growth factor binding protein (IGFBP)-3 or IGFBP-5, and an acid-labile subunit (ALS). The function of ALS is to prolong the ... Read more...

Is the response to growth hormone in short children born small for gestational age dependent on genetic or maternal factors?

16 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND/AIMS: We investigated whether genetic or maternal/environmental risk factors for being born small for gestational age (SGA), e.g. Silver-Russell syndrome, congenital heart defects, infections of mothers or smoking during pregnancy, ... Read more...

Genetic regulation of adult stature.

30 Jul 2009 PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Both environmental (e.g., nutrition) and genetic factors contribute to adult height variation in the general population. However, heritability studies have shown that most of the variation in height is genetically controlled. ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Body Height - Genetics'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Human genetics: Hit or miss? 6 Oct 2009
• Human acid-labile subunit deficiency: clinical, endocrine and metabolic consequences. 30 Aug 2009
• Is the response to growth hormone in short children born small for gestational age dependent on genetic or maternal factors? 16 Aug 2009
• Editorial comments. Genetic regulation of adult stature. 30 Jul 2009
• Genetic regulation of adult stature. 30 Jul 2009
• Clinical and molecular characterization of a novel selenocysteine insertion sequence-binding protein 2 (SBP2) gene mutation (R128X). 12 Jul 2009
• Clinical and molecular characterization of duplications encompassing the human SHOX gene reveal a variable effect on stature. 29 Jun 2009
• Dent-2 disease: a mild variant of Lowe syndrome. 29 Jun 2009
• Multifactorial analysis of a mixed-longitudinal sample of Indian siblings: Age and sex effects on heritability. 21 Jun 2009
• Genetic variation of FTO and TCF7L2 in premature adrenarche. 16 Jun 2009
• Linkage analysis of adult height in a large pedigree from a Dutch genetically isolated population. 22 May 2009
• Designing rules for designer babies. 29 Apr 2009
• Progress in genome-wide association studies of human height. 27 Apr 2009
• Age-specific effects of estrogen receptors' polymorphisms on the bone traits in healthy fertile women: the BONTURNO study. 20 Apr 2009
• A single nucleotide polymorphism on exon-4 of the gene encoding PPARdelta is associated with reduced height in adults and children. 19 Apr 2009
• Common genetic variation and human traits. 13 Apr 2009
• Oligodontia is caused by mutation in LTBP3, the gene encoding latent TGF-beta binding protein 3. 31 Mar 2009
• The 12q14 microdeletion syndrome: additional patients and further evidence that HMGA2 is an important genetic determinant for human height. 15 Mar 2009
• Pontocerebellar hypoplasia type III (CLAM): extended phenotype and novel molecular findings. 12 Mar 2009
• FTO gene variation and measures of body mass in an African population. 3 Mar 2009

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Technical information about 'Body Height'

Definition: The distance from the sole to the crown of the head with body standing on a flat surface and fully extended.

Descriptor UI: D001827

Alternative terms: Body Height; Body Heights; Height, Body; Heights, Body;

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects; genetics; immunology; physiology; radiation effects; ethnology;

Tree Number: E01.370.600.115.100.160.100; E05.978.077.160.500; G07.100.100.160.100; G07.700.320.249.314.100;

Technical Notes: human only; for height or length of animals use animal /anat (IM) + BIOMETRY (NIM)