
Growth Hormone Insensitivity Syndrome with Laron Dwarfism
Specialty: | Endocrinology Clinical Laboratory |
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Description: | The growth hormone insensitivity syndrome is an inherited form of growth hormone insensitivity featuring the dysmorphic features described by Laron. Patients have a mutation in the growth hormone receptor which does not bind growth hormone, resulting in dwarfism. |
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