ESPE Abstracts

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...