hrp0097p1-509 | Growth and Syndromes | ESPE2023

Significant height response to growth hormone treatment in subjects with Wiedemann Steinert syndrome.

Le Potier Emma , Donzeau Aurélie , Rouleau Stephanie , Bouhours-Nouet Natacha , Levaillant Lucie , Peborde Marie , Poisson Audrey , Alcina Mailys , Coutant Regis

Background: Wiedemann Steinert Syndrome (WSS) is characterized by distinctive facial features (hypertelorism, thick eyebrows, long philtrum, broad nasal bridge), growth retardation, and intellectual disability of varying degrees. Affected individuals are often born small for their gestational age and have generalized hypertrichosis. Some have growth hormone deficiency, usually partial with normal pituitary MRI. The disease is caused by autosomal dominant varia...