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High morbidity and mortality in children with untreated congenital deficiency of leptin or its receptor.

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Peer-reviewed

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Saeed, Sadia 
Khanam, Roohia 
Janjua, Qasim M 
Manzoor, Jaida 
Ning, Lijiao 

Abstract

The long-term clinical outcomes of severe obesity due to leptin signaling deficiency are unknown. We carry out a retrospective cross-sectional investigation of a large cohort of children with leptin (LEP), LEP receptor (LEPR), or melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) deficiency (n = 145) to evaluate the progression of the disease. The affected individuals undergo physical, clinical, and metabolic evaluations. We report a very high mortality in children with LEP (26%) or LEPR deficiency (9%), mainly due to severe pulmonary and gastrointestinal infections. In addition, 40% of surviving children with LEP or LEPR deficiency experience life-threatening episodes of lung or gastrointestinal infections. Although precision drugs are currently available for LEP and LEPR deficiencies, as yet, they are not accessible in Pakistan. An appreciation of the severe impact of LEP or LEPR deficiency on morbidity and early mortality, educational attainment, and the attendant stigmatization should spur efforts to deliver the available life-saving drugs to these children as a matter of urgency.

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age-related changes, body growth, consanguinity, leptin-signaling deficiency, metabolism, monogenic obesity, morbidity, mortality, oxidative stress, Child, Humans, Cross-Sectional Studies, Leptin, Morbidity, Obesity, Morbid, Retrospective Studies

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Cell Rep Med

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2666-3791
2666-3791

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4

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Elsevier BV
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MRC (MR/S026193/1)
Medical Research Council (MC_PC_12012)
MRC (MC_UU_00014/1)