4- ahlstrom syndrome

1- one among the five ( prader willi -sporadic ) hereditary syndromes of obesity.

2- obesity , HYPOGONADISM ONLY IN MALES BUT NOT IN FEMALES , NO MENTAL RETARDATION OR normal intelligence .

3- type of obesity is truncal obesity which is early in onset , mostly between the second and fifth years of life.

4- AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE TYPE OF INHERITANCE

5- no limbic abnormalities and the stature is normal or infrequently short .

6- no distinctive cranio facial features .

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the other four syndromes associated with obesity are :

1- PRADER WILLI SYNDROME

2- LAWRENCE MOON BIEDL SYNDROME

3- COHEN SYNDROME

4- CARPENTER SYDROME