1998年3月
Preliminary report on the short stature of Southeast Asian forest dwellers, the Manni, in southern Thailand: Lack of an adolescent spurt in plasma IGF-I concentration
Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health
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- 巻
- 29
- 号
- 1
- 開始ページ
- 62
- 終了ページ
- 65
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
Plasma concentration of insulin-like growth factor type-I (IGF-I) was studied among the Mannis in Thailand to find a possible cause of their short stature. The Mannis are hunting and gathering indigenous tribal peoples living in Asian tropical rain forests. A total of 50 plasma specimens from three different Manni groups in southern Thailand were used in this study. The concentrations of acid-ethanol extract of plasma IGF-I were measured by radio-immunoassay. We found that (1) plasma concentration of IGF-I in the Mannis was low, (2) there was no adolescent spurt in IGF-I levels, and (3) the post adolescent plasma IGF-I level of the Manni was significantly lower than that of age-matched Japanese. Low IGF-I levels among the Mannis may account for their short stature.
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- ISSN : 0125-1562
- PubMed ID : 9740270
- SCOPUS ID : 0032012484