This syndrome has characteristics of short stature, anterior pituitary hormone deficiency, small sella turcica and a hypoplastic anterior hypophysis associated with pointed cerebellar tonsils. It has been described in three generations of large French kindred. Ectopia of the posterior hypophysis was observed in some patients. The syndrome is transmitted as a dominantly inherited trait and is caused by a germline mutation within the LIM-homeobox transcription factor LHX4 gene (1q25).
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Short stature, pituitary and cerebellar defect and small sella turcica syndrome