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OBESITY RESEARCH & CLINICAL PRACTICE
Volume 15, Issue 6, Pages 600-603Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.orcp.2021.11.001
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Congenital leptin deficiency; LEP gene; Monogenic obesity; Turkish siblings; Case report
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Congenital leptin deficiency (CLD) is a rare cause of monogenic obesity primarily caused by mutations in the LEP gene. Few cases have been reported in the literature, highlighting the importance of considering CLD in children with obesity-related conditions.
Congenital leptin deficiency (CLD) is a rare cause of monogenic form obesity due to homozygous or compound heterozygous mutations in the LEP gene. To date, nine pathogenic mutations have been reported. In this study, we present are; an 18-year-old morbidly obese girl and a 14-year-old obese brother, both with homozygous mutation in the LEP gene [p.R105W (c313C> T)] and their data after three years of recombinant leptin treatment. To date, few cases of CLD have been reported in the literature. The cases reported here were siblings who were not diagnosed despite presentation at the clinic due to obesity in childhood, and diagnosis was delayed until adolescence. Clinicians need to consider CLD, a monogenic form of obesity in children with early severe obesity onset, especially if they are the child of a consanguineous marriage.
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