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SUBMITTER: Herrfurth N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6106737 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Herrfurth Nikolas N Volckmar Anna-Lena AL Peters Triinu T Kleinau Gunnar G Müller Anne A Cetindag Cigdem C Schonnop Laura L Föcker Manuel M Dempfle Astrid A Wudy Stefan A SA Grant Struan F A SFA Reinehr Thomas T Cousminer Diana L DL Hebebrand Johannes J Biebermann Heike H Hinney Anke A
BMC pediatrics 20180822 1
<h4>Background</h4>Variation in genes of the leptinergic-melanocortinergic system influence both body weight and height. Because short normal stature (SNS) is characterized by reduced body height, delayed maturation and leanness, allelic variation of genes in this pathway are hypothesized to affect this common condition.<h4>Methods</h4>We analyzed the coding regions of LEP, MC4R, MRAP2 and BDNF in 185 children with SNS (height < 5th percentile) to search for non-synonymous and frameshift variant ...[more]