FLNB haploinsufficiency-related short stature: a new syndrome or an expanded spectrum of Larsen syndrome

Qing Wang¹, Hong-Ying Wang², Shui-Yan Wu³, Xue-Qian Wang², Hai-Ying Wu¹, Rong-Rong Xie¹, Feng-Yun Wang¹, Xiu-Li Chen¹, Lin-Qi Chen¹, Hai-Tao Lv^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Endocrinology, Genetics and Metabolism, Children's Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
² Suzhou Clinical Center for Rare Diseases in Children, Children's Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
³ Intensive Care Unit, Children's Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
⁴ Department of Cardiology, Children's Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
⁵ Department of Endocrinology, Genetics and Metabolism, Children's Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China. chenting888@suda.edu.cn.
⁶ Suzhou Clinical Center for Rare Diseases in Children, Children's Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China. chenting888@suda.edu.cn.
⁷ Department of Pediatrics, Kunshan Sixth People's Hospital, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China. chenting888@suda.edu.cn.

Case Reports

Qing Wang et al. World J Pediatr. 2024 Sep.

. 2024 Sep;20(9):976-980.

doi: 10.1007/s12519-024-00832-z. Epub 2024 Jul 30.

Qing Wang¹, Hong-Ying Wang², Shui-Yan Wu³, Xue-Qian Wang², Hai-Ying Wu¹, Rong-Rong Xie¹, Feng-Yun Wang¹, Xiu-Li Chen¹, Lin-Qi Chen¹, Hai-Tao Lv^{2

4}, Ting Chen^{5

6

7}

¹ Department of Endocrinology, Genetics and Metabolism, Children's Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
² Suzhou Clinical Center for Rare Diseases in Children, Children's Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
³ Intensive Care Unit, Children's Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
⁴ Department of Cardiology, Children's Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
⁵ Department of Endocrinology, Genetics and Metabolism, Children's Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China. chenting888@suda.edu.cn.
⁶ Suzhou Clinical Center for Rare Diseases in Children, Children's Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China. chenting888@suda.edu.cn.
⁷ Department of Pediatrics, Kunshan Sixth People's Hospital, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China. chenting888@suda.edu.cn.

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