| Bangstad syndrome | |
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| Other names | Ataxia-diabetes-goiter-gonadal insufficiency syndrome |
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| This condition is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner | |
Bangstad syndrome is a severe, inherited congenital disorder associated with abnormalities of the cell membrane.
It was characterized in 1989.
Presentation
Presenting at birth, features of the disorder include moderately severe IUGR, microcephaly, craniosynostosis, moderately severe post uterine growth retardation, deafness, deep set eyes, cryptorchidism, truncal obesity and acanthosis nigricans, small teeth, prognathism, dislocated radial heads without generalized skeletal dysplasia, however, tall vertebrae, moderate mental retardation, hypothyroidism, insulin resistance, hypoparathyroidism.