Genetic basis for gigantism identified

09 Dec 2014


Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have found a duplication of a short stretch of the X chromosome in some people with a rare disorder that causes excessive childhood growth; their study was published this week in The New England Journal of Medicine. Medical Xpress


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