Diseases [C] » Musculoskeletal Diseases [C05] » Bone Diseases » Bone Diseases, Developmental » Dwarfism » Laron Syndrome
Diseases [C] » Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities [C16] » Genetic Diseases, Inborn » Dwarfism » Laron Syndrome
Diseases [C] » Endocrine System Diseases [C19] » Dwarfism » Laron Syndrome
Description
An autosomal recessive disorder characterized by short stature, defective GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR, and failure to generate INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I by GROWTH HORMONE. Laron syndrome is not a form of primary pituitary dwarfism (GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY DWARFISM) but the result of mutation of the human GHR gene on chromosome 5. MeSH
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