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Diencephalic syndrome

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1339: 79: 39: 1322: 113:. The syndrome is a rare but potentially fatal cause of failure to thrive in children. Failure to thrive presents on average at seven months of age. Of note the syndrome is not associated with developmental delay. There may be associated 229:
Fleischman A, Brue C, Poussaint TY, Kieran M, Pomeroy SL, Goumnerova L, Scott RM, Cohen LE (June 2005). "Diencephalic syndrome: a cause of failure to thrive and a model of partial growth hormone resistance".
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despite normal or slightly decreased caloric intake. Classically there is also locomotor hyperactivity and euphoria. Less commonly diencephalic syndrome may involve skin pallor without
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Drop SL, Guyda HJ, Colle E (August 1980). "Inappropriate growth hormone release in the diencephalic syndrome of childhood: case report and 4 year endocrinological follow-up".
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Vlachopapadopoulou E, Tracey KJ, Capella M, Gilker C, Matthews DE (June 1993). "Increased energy expenditure in a patient with diencephalic syndrome".
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region. It is not yet understood how diencephalic syndrome causes the effects on appetite and metabolism which are seen, though inappropriately high
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secretion and overall increased metabolic demand. It is treated with nutritional optimisation while the underlying lesion is treated with
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Diencephalic syndrome was first described by Dr. A. Russell in 1951. It is usually caused by a brain tumor such as a low-grade
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The diencephalon, which is affected by diencaphalic syndrome, consists of the
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This article about a medical condition affecting the nervous system is a
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Spinal muscular atrophy with lower extremity predominance (SMALED)
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Kim A, Moon JS, Yang HR, Chang JY, Ko JS, Seo JK (Jan 2015).
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thalamus
subthalamus
hypothalamus
epithalamus
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failure to thrive
emaciation
anaemia
hypoglycaemia
hypotension
hydrocephalus
glioma
astrocytoma
hypothalamic
optic chiasmatic
growth hormone
β-lipotropin
chemotherapy
surgery
radiotherapy




"Diencephalic syndrome: a frequently neglected cause of failure to thrive in infants"
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10.3345/kjp.2015.58.1.28
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