Laurence-Moon-Bieldl syndrome
Laurence-Moon-Bieldl syndrome
[′lȯr·əns ′mün ′bēld·əl ‚sin‚drōm] (medicine)
A hereditary endocrine disorder of the pituitary or other hypothalamic structures transmitted as a dominant mutant gene and characterized principally by girdle-type obesity, mental retardation, and hypogenitalism.
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