title: Genetic forms of pituitary dwarfism.
abstract: Pituitary dwarfism represents a genetically heterogeneous group of disorders which may be classified on the basis of: associated developmental anomalies or degenerative disease; deficiency of, or peripheral insensitivity to HGH; the number of deficient hormones; the associated metabolic disturbances; and the mode of inheritance. Hereditary forms of pituitary dwarfism include: congenital absence of the pituitary, panhypopituitary dwarfism (autosomal and X-linked recessive forms), isolated HGH deficiency (Types I and II), Laron type of dwarfism, and peripheral unresponsiveness to HGH (the African Pygmies).
mesh_terms: D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000172:deficiency; D000328:Adult; D012734:Disorders of Sex Development / Q000150:complications; D004393:Dwarfism, Pituitary / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics*; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D005808:Genes, Recessive; D006065:Gonadotropins, Pituitary / Q000172:deficiency; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000172:deficiency; D006801:Humans; D006946:Hyperinsulinism / Q000150:complications; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000150:complications; D007328:Insulin / Q000172:deficiency; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D012658:Sella Turcica / Q000002:abnormalities; D013972:Thyrotropin / Q000172:deficiency; D014831:Voice
chemical_list: D006065:Gonadotropins, Pituitary; D007328:Insulin; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; D013972:Thyrotropin; D013006:Growth Hormone