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Laron Syndrome

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Definition: 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.      Other names Syndrome, Laron; GH Resistance, Primary; Dwarfism, Laron; Severe GH Insensitivity; Primary Growth Hormone Resistance; Primary GH Resistance; Laron Type Dwarfism I; Laron Dwarfism; Growth Hormone Receptor Defect; Growth Hormone Insensitivity Syndrome
 
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Laron syndrome type 2  0   *Laron Syndrome STAT5 Transcription Factor.

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