Laron syndrome
congenital disorder characterized by marked short stature associated with normal or high serum growth hormone (GH) and low serum insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-I) levels which fail to rise after exogenous GH administration
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Laron syndrome
Summary
Laron syndrome is a rare disease[1]. It draws 273 Wikipedia views per month (rare_disease category, ranking #142 of 627).[2]
Key Facts
- Laron syndrome's instance of is recorded as rare disease[3].
- Laron syndrome's instance of is recorded as class of disease[4].
- Laron syndrome is a type of autosomal recessive disease[5].
- Laron syndrome is a type of growth hormone insensitivity syndrome[6].
- Laron syndrome is a type of syndrome[7].
- Laron syndrome's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C130994[8].
- Laron syndrome's health specialty is recorded as endocrinology[9].
- Laron syndrome's genetic association is recorded as GHR[10].
- Laron syndrome's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_9521[11].
- Laron syndrome's exact match is recorded as http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:9521[12].
- Laron syndrome's exact match is recorded as http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_633[13].
- Laron syndrome's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Medicine[14].
Why It Matters
Laron syndrome draws 273 Wikipedia views per month (rare_disease category, ranking #142 of 627).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]