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Descriptor English:   Laron Syndrome 
Descriptor Spanish:   Síndrome de Laron 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Síndrome de Laron 
Synonyms English:   Growth Hormone Receptor Defect
Growth Hormone Receptor Deficiency
Laron Dwarfism
Laron Type Dwarfism I
Pituitary Dwarfism II
Primary GH Resistance
Primary Growth Hormone Resistance
Severe GH Insensitivity
Dwarfism II, Pituitary
Dwarfism IIs, Pituitary
Dwarfism, Laron
GH Resistance, Primary
Pituitary Dwarfism IIs
Syndrome, Laron
Growth Hormone Insensitivity Syndrome  
Tree Number:   C05.116.099.343.679
C16.320.240.750
C19.297.656
Definition English:   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. 
History Note English:   2005 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CL classification
CO complications DI diagnosis
DG diagnostic imaging DH diet therapy
DT drug therapy EC economics
EM embryology EN enzymology
EP epidemiology EH ethnology
ET etiology GE genetics
HI history IM immunology
ME metabolism MI microbiology
MO mortality NU nursing
PS parasitology PA pathology
PP physiopathology PC prevention & control
PX psychology RT radiotherapy
RH rehabilitation SU surgery
TH therapy UR urine
VE veterinary VI virology
Record Number:   38609 
Unique Identifier:   D046150 

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