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Early-onset severe obesity with ACTH deficiency and red hair in a boy: the POMC deficiency.

Genetic counseling (Geneva, Switzerland) - 1 Jan 2012

Ozen S, Aldemir O

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The patient is a 2.8 years old male who is extremely obese and severe hyperphagic from birth. He had seizures attacks and apnea from the second week of his life. He has red hair and serum cortisol and ACTH levels are very low. We examined our patient as a hypocortisolism due to ACTH deficiency and central hypothyrodism. After the corticosteroid replacement therapy hair color changed to brown. We performed...

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PMID: 23431750

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