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Editorial
. 2023 Dec 18:14:1336637.
doi: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1336637. eCollection 2023.

Editorial: Endocrine dysfunction in patients with Down syndrome

Eli Hershkovitz  1 , David Strich  2
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Editorial: Endocrine dysfunction in patients with Down syndrome

Eli Hershkovitz et al. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). .
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Keywords: Down syndrome; growth; growth hormone; obesity; puberty.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. The author(s) declared that they were an editorial board member of Frontiers, at the time of submission. This had no impact on the peer review process and the final decision.

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