AGA	Appropriate for gestational age
ALS	Acid labile subunit
bp	Base pairs
CR	Caloric restriction
d3GHR	Exon 3-deficient growth hormone receptor
ERK1/2	Extracellular signal-regulated protein kinases 1 and 2
fl	Full length
flGHR	Full-length growth hormone receptor
GH	Growth hormone
GHD	Growth hormone deficiency
GHR	Growth hormone receptor
GHRD	Growth hormone receptor deficiency
GHSF	GH-stimulated binding activity
IGF-1	Insulin-like growth factor 1
IGFBP-3	IGF binding protein 3
IGHD	Isolated GH deficiency
IRS	Insulin receptor substrates
JAK2	Janus kinase 2
JNK	c-Jun N-terminal kinases
LGA	Large for gestational age
MAPK	Mitogen-activated protein kinase
P	Phosphate
PCR	Polymerase chain reaction
PI3′K	phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase
PLC-γ	Phospholipase C Gamma
PWS	Prader–Willi syndrome
RAP	Ras proximate
RAS	Rat sarcoma virus
rhGH	Recombinant human growth hormone
SDS	Standard deviation score
SGA	Small for gestational age
SNP	Single-nucleotide polymorphism
STAT	Signal transducers and activators of transcription
tagSNP	Tagging single nucleotide polymorphism
TS	Turner syndrome
VF	Vertebral fractures
WT	Wild type