Explore: Laron Syndrome

Laron syndrome (LS), also known as growth hormone insensitivity or growth hormone receptor deficiency (GHRD), is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized

University. In 1966, he described the type of dwarfism later called Laron syndrome. His research opened the way to the treatment of many cases of growth

Liora; Laron, Zvi (2007). "Comparative skeletal features between Homo floresiensis and patients with primary growth hormone insensitivity (Laron syndrome)"

with a different E domain is known as mechano-growth factor (MGF). Laron syndrome (LS), also known as growth hormone insensitivity or growth hormone receptor

with deficiency (such as that observed in growth hormone deficiency or Laron syndrome) at critical developmental stages having the potential to result in

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the pituitary gland, Turner's syndrome, poor nutrition, or even stress (leading to psychogenic dwarfism). Laron syndrome (growth hormone insensitivity)

GH/IGF-1 signaling in pubertal breast development however, women with Laron syndrome, in whom the growth hormone receptor (GHR) is defective and insensitive

developmental delay, ureterocele, smooth muscle hamartoma, nevus lipomatosus, Laron syndrome (dwarfism with high growth hormone and low somatomedin activity), and

1210/jc.2003-030219. PMID 12915646. Lurie R, Ben-Amitai D, Laron Z (2004). "Laron Syndrome (Primary Growth Hormone Insensitivity): A Unique Model to Explore