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Short stature, SHOX-linked

X-linked short stature is a group of disorders caused by mutationsof the SHOX gene. Patients show mesomelic limb shortage as a common feature. Inheritance pattern is dominant or recessive.

Systematic

Short stature
Acrocapitofemoral dysplasia
Brachydactyly
Short stature, SHOX-linked
Langer mesomelic dysplasia
SHOX
Leri-Weill dyschondrosteosis
SHOX
X-linked familial short stature
SHOX
Y-linked familial short stature
SHOX
Sotos syndrome 1
Syndromic growth retardation

References:

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Chen J et al. (2009) Enhancer deletions of the SHOX gene as a frequent cause of short stature: the essential role of a 250 kb downstream regulatory domain.

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Shanske A et al. (1999) Deletion of the pseudoautosomal region in a male with a unique Y;13 translocation and short stature.

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Blum WF et al. (2007) Growth hormone is effective in treatment of short stature associated with short stature homeobox-containing gene deficiency: Two-year results of a randomized, controlled, multicenter trial.

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Deng HW et al. (2002) A whole-genome linkage scan suggests several genomic regions potentially containing QTLs underlying the variation of stature.

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Binder G et al. (2003) Auxology is a valuable instrument for the clinical diagnosis of SHOX haploinsufficiency in school-age children with unexplained short stature.

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Ellison JW et al. (1997) PHOG, a candidate gene for involvement in the short stature of Turner syndrome.

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Rao E et al. (1997) FISH-deletion mapping defines a 270-kb short stature critical interval in the pseudoautosomal region PAR1 on human sex chromosomes.

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Rao E et al. (1997) Pseudoautosomal deletions encompassing a novel homeobox gene cause growth failure in idiopathic short stature and Turner syndrome.

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Ogata T et al. (1995) Short stature in a girl with partial monosomy of the pseudoautosomal region distal to DXYS15: further evidence for the assignment of the critical region for a pseudoautosomal growth gene(s).

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Zuffardi O et al. (1982) The role of Yp in sex determination: new evidence from X/Y translocations.

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Ballabio A et al. (1989) Contiguous gene syndromes due to deletions in the distal short arm of the human X chromosome.

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Henke A et al. (1991) Deletions within the pseudoautosomal region help map three new markers and indicate a possible role of this region in linear growth.

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Ogata T et al. (1992) Short stature in a girl with a terminal Xp deletion distal to DXYS15: localisation of a growth gene(s) in the pseudoautosomal region.

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Ogata T et al. (1992) Chromosomal localisation of a pseudoautosomal growth gene(s).

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Morizio E et al. (2003) Deletion of the SHOX gene in patients with short stature of unknown cause.

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Rappold GA et al. (2002) Deletions of the homeobox gene SHOX (short stature homeobox) are an important cause of growth failure in children with short stature.

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Sabherwal N et al. (2007) Long-range conserved non-coding SHOX sequences regulate expression in developing chicken limb and are associated with short stature phenotypes in human patients.

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OMIM.ORG article

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