2 cases of laurence- moon-biedl syndrome are described in 2 rothers. they have 5 out of 6 cardinal symptoms of this syndrome i.e. : i) obesity ,2) genital dystrophia, 3) retinitis pigmentosa, 4)menal deficiency, 5) familial occurrence. besides, their only sister has ocular signs of beginning of retinitis igmentosa and one of their relatives had polydactylism and another ne cretinism. what is cu...

rabson-mendenhall syndrome is a rare genetic disorder characterized by growth retardation, dysmorphisms, lack of subcutaneous fat, acanthosis nigricans, enlarged genitalia, hirsutism, dysplastic dentition, coarse facial features, paradoxical fasting hypoglycemia, postprandial hyperglycemia, extreme hyperinsulinemia and pineal hyperplasia. herein, we described a 10- year-old girl with physical f...