{"title":"A case of Laron syndrome diagnosed in Slovenia.","authors":"C Krzisnik, A Silbergeld, Z Laron","doi":"10.1515/jpem.1994.7.4.365","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We report the first case of Laron syndrome (LS) diagnosed in Slovenia. The boy, a product of non-consanguineous Slovenian parents of normal height, presented with slow growth and motor development since birth. At age 4 and 6 years, he had all the characteristic signs of LS, identical to those in growth hormone deficiency (GHD). Laboratory tests showed hypoglycemia, markedly elevated plasma hGH, low serum insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) with no rise after exogenous hGH, and low serum growth hormone binding protein (GHBP). A sister of the maternal grandfather is short (145 cm) and was found to have below normal serum GHBP, findings compatible with heterozygocity for this disorder.</p>","PeriodicalId":79383,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of pediatric endocrinology","volume":"7 4","pages":"365-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1994-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1515/jpem.1994.7.4.365","citationCount":"4","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Journal of pediatric endocrinology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1515/jpem.1994.7.4.365","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
We report the first case of Laron syndrome (LS) diagnosed in Slovenia. The boy, a product of non-consanguineous Slovenian parents of normal height, presented with slow growth and motor development since birth. At age 4 and 6 years, he had all the characteristic signs of LS, identical to those in growth hormone deficiency (GHD). Laboratory tests showed hypoglycemia, markedly elevated plasma hGH, low serum insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) with no rise after exogenous hGH, and low serum growth hormone binding protein (GHBP). A sister of the maternal grandfather is short (145 cm) and was found to have below normal serum GHBP, findings compatible with heterozygocity for this disorder.