BACKGROUND: In recent years more and more genetic defects along the GHRH-GH-IGF-I axis have been reported. Mutations of the IGF-I receptor (R) are a rare abnormality of whom only the heterozygote progenies survive. OBJECTIVES: To summarize, from the literature, data on birth length, weight and head circumference of neonates with IGF-I-R mutations, and to correlate the data with that of other types of mutations in the GH/IGF-I axis. SUBJECTS: Sixty seven neonates from 24 published articles were included and forty seven different mutations of the IGF-I (R) located on chromosome 15 have been identified. RESULTS: Mean (±SD) birth length (BL), available for 26, (10 M, 16F) neonates with a gestational age of 34-41weeks, was 44.2±4cm; one was premature (30cm at 31 weeks). There was a significant correlation between birth length and gestational age (GA) r=0.71 (p>.001). Mean birth weight (BW) of 41 neonates (18M, 23F) was 2388±743gr. Two premature neonates weighed 650gr and 950gr respectively. The BW correlated significantly with gestational age, (males: r=0.68; p=0.007, females: r=0.49; p=0.024). The BMI of 25 neonates ranged from 6 to 13. In 22 records marked microcephaly was ascertained or stated. Nine of 16 mothers were short (133 -148cm), m±SD = 150.5±7.3cm.
Birth Weight , Body Height , Dwarfism, Pituitary/genetics , Growth Disorders , Head/growth & development , Human Growth Hormone/genetics , Insulin-Like Growth Factor I/genetics , Birth Weight/genetics , Body Height/genetics , Cephalometry , DNA Mutational Analysis , Dwarfism, Pituitary/pathology , Growth Disorders/congenital , Growth Disorders/genetics , Head/pathology , Human Growth Hormone/metabolism , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Insulin-Like Growth Factor I/metabolism , Mutation , Receptor, IGF Type 1/genetics , Signal Transduction/genetics
