title: Familial syndrome of endocrine and neuroectodermal abnormalities.
abstract: We report on a previously undescribed combination of endocrine and neuroectodermal abnormalities in four sibs from Burma. These abnormalities include low growth hormone levels in response to provocative stimuli, delayed puberty associated with prepubertal levels of gonadotropins in the males and pubertal levels of gonadotropins in the females, type II diabetes mellitus with elevated insulin levels, mild mental retardation, sensori-neural deafness, and alopecia without pili torti. They also had a characteristic facial appearance and fleshy hands and feet. This family appears to have a previously undescribed combination of endocrine and neuroectodermal abnormalities.
authors.affiliation: Developmental Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Oerter
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Friedman
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: F G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Cassorla
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000505:Alopecia / Q000235:genetics; D003638:Deafness / Q000235:genetics; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood* / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006062:Gonadotropins / Q000097:blood*; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree; D011628:Puberty, Delayed / Q000097:blood* / Q000235:genetics; D013577:Syndrome
chemical_list: D006062:Gonadotropins; D007328:Insulin; D013006:Growth Hormone