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growth delay due to insulin-like growth factor I resistance

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Disease Overview

Growth delay due to IGF-I resistance is characterized by variable intrauterine and postnatal growth retardation and elevated serum IGF-I levels. Addition features include variable degrees of intellectual deficit, microcephaly and dysmorphism (broad nasal bridge and tip, smooth philtrum, thin upper and everted lower lips, short fingers, clinodactyly, wide-set nipples and pectus excavatum).


Synonyms

  • IGF-1 resistance
  • IGF-I resistance
  • IGF1RES
  • Somatomedin end-organ insensitivity to
  • Somatomedin, end-organ insensitivity to
  • Somatomedin-C, resistance to
  • Somatomedin-c resistance to
  • growth delay due to insulin-like growth factor I resistance
  • insulin-like Growth Factor I, resistance to, due to increased binding Protein
  • insulin-like growth factor 1 resistance to
  • insulin-like growth factor I, resistance to
  • resistance to IGF-1

GARD Disease Summary

The Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center (GARD) has information and resources for patients, caregivers, and families that may be helpful before and after diagnosis of this condition. GARD is a program of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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Orphanet

Orphanet has a summary about this condition that may include information on the diagnosis, care, and treatment as well as other resources. Some of the information and resources are available in languages other than English. The summary may include medical terms, so we encourage you to share and discuss this information with your doctor. Orphanet is the French National Institute for Health and Medical Research and the Health Programme of the European Union.

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OMIM

Online Mendelian Inheritance In Man (OMIM) has a summary of published research about this condition and includes references from the medical literature. The summary contains medical and scientific terms, so we encourage you to share and discuss this information with your doctor. OMIM is authored and edited at the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

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