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==Overview==
==Overview==
==History and Symptoms==
It is characterized by:
* Feminine [[obesity]]
* [[Growth retardation]] and retarded [[sexual development]], [[atrophy]] or [[hypoplasia]] of the [[gonads]], and altered [[secondary sex characteristics]],
* [[headaches]]
* [[mental retardation]], problems with [[Visual perception|vision]]
* [[polyuria]], [[polydipsia]].
It is usually associated with [[tumor|tumours]] of the [[hypothalamus]], causing increased [[appetite]] and depressed [[secretion]] of [[gonadotropin]]. It seems to affect [[males]] mostly.
Many overweight children may appear to have the disorder because of the concurrence of obesity and retarded sexual development; these children have no [[endocrine]] disturbances, however, and they mature normally after delayed [[puberty]].
==References==
==References==
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{{reflist|2}}

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Overview

History and Symptoms

It is characterized by:

It is usually associated with tumours of the hypothalamus, causing increased appetite and depressed secretion of gonadotropin. It seems to affect males mostly.

Many overweight children may appear to have the disorder because of the concurrence of obesity and retarded sexual development; these children have no endocrine disturbances, however, and they mature normally after delayed puberty.

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