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Laron Z, Pertzelan A, Karp M, Kowadlo-Silbergeld A, Daughaday WH. Administration of growth hormone to patients with familial dwarfism with high plasma immunoreactivity growth hormone: measurement of sulfation factor, metabolic and linear growth responses. The
Journal of clinical endocrinology and
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Laron Z, Laron-Kenet T, Klinger G. For Debate: Growth
Hormone Treatment of Infants Born Small for Gestational Age should be Started at or before the First Year of Age. Pediatric endocrinology reviews : PER.
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Gil-Ad I, Leibowitch N, Josefsberg Z, Wasserman M, Laron Z. Effect of oral clonidine, insulin-induced hypoglycemia and exercise on plasma GHRH levels in short-stature children. Acta endocrinologica. 1990;122:89-95
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Weinstein D, Simon M, Yehezkel E, Laron Z, Werner H. Insulin analogues display IGF-I-like mitogenic and anti-apoptotic activities in cultured cancer cells. Diabetes/metabolism research and reviews. 2009;25:41-9
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Eshet R, Laron Z, Pertzelan A, Arnon R, Dintzman M. Defect of human growth hormone receptors in the liver of two patients with Laron-type dwarfism. Israel journal of medical sciences. 1984;20:8-11
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resistance characterized by high levels of GH in serum, and low IGF-I levels. The
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Laron Z, Pertzelan A, Mannheimer S. Genetic pituitary dwarfism with high serum concentration of growth hormoneâa new inborn error of metabolism? Israel journal of medical sciences. 1966;2:152-5
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Steuerman R, Shevah O, Laron Z. Congenital IGF1 deficiency tends to confer protection against post-natal development of malignancies. European journal of endocrinology. 2011;164:485-9
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Laron Z. Laron syndrome (primary growth hormone resistance or insensitivity): the personal experience 1958â2003. The
Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism. 2004;89:1031-44
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Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD)Prize for achievements in Science, Education and Advocacy for Childhood Diabetes
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