Albright hereditary osteodystrophy with pseudohypoparathyroidism is due to maternal loss-of-function mutations in the GNAS gene. Its typical clinical features encompass obesity, a round face and a short neck, osteoma of the skin, endocrinological abnormalities, and psychomotoric retardation. Here we present a 10-month-old Tunisian boy with a classical course of this rare disease.
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