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We aim to screen disease-causing mutations of GHD in a relatively sizable cohort and discover underlying mechanisms\n                      <jats:italic>via<\/jats:italic>\n                      a candidate gene-based mutational burden analysis.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We retrospectively analyzed 109 short stature patients associated with hormone deficiency. All patients were classified into two groups: Group I (n=45) with definitive GHD and Group II (n=64) with possible GHD. We analyzed correlation consistency between clinical criteria and molecular findings by whole exome sequencing (WES) in two groups. The patients without a molecular diagnosis (n=90) were compared with 942 in-house controls for the mutational burden of rare mutations in 259 genes biologically related with the GH axis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      In 19 patients with molecular diagnosis, we found 5 possible GHD patients received known molecular diagnosis associated with GHD (\n                      <jats:italic>NF1<\/jats:italic>\n                      [c.2329T&amp;gt;A, c.7131C&amp;gt;G],\n                      <jats:italic>GHRHR<\/jats:italic>\n                      [c.731G&amp;gt;A],\n                      <jats:italic>STAT5B<\/jats:italic>\n                      [c.1102delC],\n                      <jats:italic>HRAS<\/jats:italic>\n                      [c.187_207dup]). By mutational burden analysis of predicted deleterious variants in 90 patients without molecular diagnosis, we found that\n                      <jats:italic>POLR3A<\/jats:italic>\n                      (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.005),\n                      <jats:italic>SUFU<\/jats:italic>\n                      (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.006),\n                      <jats:italic>LHX3<\/jats:italic>\n                      (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.021) and\n                      <jats:italic>CREB3L4<\/jats:italic>\n                      (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.040) represented top genes enriched in GHD patients.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our study revealed the discrepancies between the laboratory testing and molecular diagnosis of GHD. These differences should be considered when for an accurate diagnosis of GHD. 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