Bangstad syndrome

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The syndrome described by Bangstad et al. [1989] and Salerno et al. [2003] as well as by Scott [1969] and in Kogut and Sensenbenner [1975] in males (two sets of brothers) with moderately severe IUGR, microcephaly, craniosynostosis, moderately severe post uterine growth retardation, deafness, deep set eyes, cryptorchidism, truncal obesity and acanthosis nigricans, small teeth, prognathism, dislocated radial heads without generalized skeletal dysplasia, however, tall vertebrae, moderate mental retardation, hypothyroidism, insulin resistance, hypoparathyroidism.

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