Obesity due to leptin receptor gene deficiency
ORPHA:179494· ICD-10 E66.8
Definition
A rare, genetic, non-syndromic, obesity disease characterized by severe, early-onset obesity, associated with major hyperphagia and endocrine abnormalities, resulting from leptin receptor deficiency.
- Inheritance
- Autosomal recessive
- Age of onset
- Childhood, Infancy