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Preferred Name

Rabson-Mendenhall Syndrome

Synonyms

Rabson-Mendenhall Syndrome

Definitions

An autosomal recessive condition caused by mutation(s) in the INSR gene, encoding the insulin receptor, and characterized by insulin resistance, intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) and/or failure to thrive, muscle atrophy, hypertrichosis, and distinctive facial features; the condition is typically diagnosed early in life, with death usually occurring before the third decade of life. The symptoms and course of this syndrome are moderately severe as compared to the other two syndromes on the spectrum: Insulin Resistant Diabetes Mellitus with Acanthosis Nigricans and Hyperandrogenism, and Donohue Syndrome.

ID

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ALT_DEFINITION

An autosomal recessive condition caused by mutation(s) in the INSR gene, encoding the insulin receptor, and characterized by insulin resistance, intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) and/or failure to thrive, muscle atrophy, hypertrichosis, and distinctive facial features; the condition is typically diagnosed early in life, with death usually occurring before the third decade of life. The symptoms and course of this syndrome are moderately severe as compared to the other two syndromes on the spectrum: Insulin Resistant Diabetes Mellitus with Acanthosis Nigricans and Hyperandrogenism, and Donohue Syndrome.

code

C131000

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C90259

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C118467

Contributing_Source

NICHD

DEFINITION

An autosomal recessive condition caused by mutation(s) in the INSR gene, encoding the insulin receptor, and characterized by insulin resistance, intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) and/or failure to thrive, muscle atrophy, hypertrichosis, and distinctive facial features; the condition is typically diagnosed early in life, with death usually occurring before the third decade of life. The symptoms and course of this syndrome are moderately severe as compared to the other two syndromes on the spectrum: Insulin Resistant Diabetes Mellitus with Acanthosis Nigricans and Hyperandrogenism, and Donohue Syndrome.

FULL_SYN

Rabson-Mendenhall Syndrome

label

Rabson-Mendenhall Syndrome

Preferred_Name

Rabson-Mendenhall Syndrome

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C131000

Semantic_Type

Disease or Syndrome

UMLS_CUI

C0271695

subClassOf

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