Endocrinology · Endocrinology / Pediatric endocrinology
ROHHAD syndrome
also: Rapid-onset obesity with hypothalamic dysfunction, hypoventilation and autonomic dysregulation
Rare childhood syndrome with sudden obesity and hypothalamic dysfunction.
- Specialty
- Endocrinology
- Subspecialty
- Endocrinology / Pediatric endocrinology
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: affected; Female: affected equally; Children: yes, onset at 2–7 years
- Gene(s) involved
- None recorded
- Alternative names & eponyms
- Rapid-onset obesity with hypothalamic dysfunction, hypoventilation and autonomic dysregulation
Etiology & mechanism
Unknown, possible autoimmune or paraneoplastic.
Gene(s) involved (0)
No gene recorded for this syndrome.
Symptoms & signs (7)
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