Laron Syndrome
Recent clinical, regulatory, research and industry developments relating to this disease.
Growth Hormone Deficiency: Health and Longevity.
What's happening now
An analyst briefing on current research, clinical, regulatory and industry activity surrounding this disease.
Clinical trials
The current development programme across all trial phases.
Research activity
Key research shaping understanding of this disease, combining the latest publications with the most influential evidence.
Major themes1
- Longevity1
Leading journals1
- Endocrine reviews1
Leading researchers2
- Aguiar-Oliveira MH1
- Bartke A1
Affiliations (unnormalised)2
- Federal University of Sergipe1
- Southern Illinois University School of Medicine1
Reference
Authoritative identity, definition & identifiers.
An autosomal recessive disorder characterized by short stature, defective GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR, and failure to generate INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I by GROWTH HORMONE. Laron syndrome is not a form of primary pituitary dwarfism (GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY DWARFISM) but the result of mutation of the human GHR gene on chromosome 5.
- Disease identity & definition — NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), public domain
- Clinical trials — ClinicalTrials.gov (U.S. National Library of Medicine)
- Research activity — Europe PMC (EMBL-EBI) + OpenAlex-derived paper links
- Related entities are derived from literature co-mention (studied together) — associative, not causal.