Dwarfism Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Dwarfism, including details on genetics, diet, mental and motor development.

Volume 2 (2006), Issue 6 (June)

1. Update of newborn screening and therapy for congenital hypothyroidism.
   Pediatrics, 117(6): 2290-303. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. CSA-dependent degradation of CSB by the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway establishes a link between complementation factors of the Cockayne syndrome.
   Genes Dev, 20(11): 1429-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Congenital hypothyroidism in Peters plus syndrome.
   Ophthalmic Genet, 27(2): 67-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Bone histology indicates insular dwarfism in a new Late Jurassic sauropod dinosaur.
   Nature, 441(7094): 739-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Multiple periorbital dermoid cysts, clefting and mental retardation: a new malformation syndrome?
   Clin Dysmorphol, 15(3): 161-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Effects of growth hormone substitution therapy on cognitive functioning in growth hormone deficient patients: a functional MRI study.
   Neuroendocrinology, 83(1): 12-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Advancing age has differential effects on DNA damage, chromatin integrity, gene mutations, and aneuploidies in sperm.
   Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 103(25): 9601-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Dynamic lower extremity alignment in children with achondroplasia.
   J Pediatr Orthop, 26(4): 526-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Comparison of oral and subcutaneous iron chelation therapies in the prevention of major endocrinopathies in beta-thalassemia major patients.
   Hemoglobin, 30(2): 257-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. C-type natriuretic peptide in growth: a new paradigm.
    Growth Horm IGF Res, 16: S6-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Stress resistance and aging: influence of genes and nutrition.
    Mech Ageing Dev, 127(8): 687-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Pituitary removal in adult mice increases life span.
    Mech Ageing Dev, 127(8): 658-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Reduced binding of FGF1 to mutant fibroblast growth factor receptor 3.
    Growth Factors, 24(2): 111-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Initially elevated TSH and congenital central hypothyroidism due to a homozygous mutation of the TSH beta subunit gene: case report and review of the literature.
    Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes, 114(5): 227-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Establishment of a patterned GAL4-VP16 transactivation system for discovering gene function in rice.
    Plant J, 46(6): 1059-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Neonatal hepatitis in 2 siblings with Seckel syndrome.
    Pediatr Dev Pathol, 9(1): 81-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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