| Term Name: | early-onset obesity, adrenal insufficiency, and red hair |
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| Synonyms: | POMC deficiency, pro-opiomelanocortin deficiency, proopiomelanocortin deficiency syndrome |
| Definition: | A syndrome that is characterized by early-onset obesity due to severe hyperphagia, pigmentary abnormalities, mainly pale skin and red hair, and secondary hypocortisolism and that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the POMC gene on chromosome 2p23. |
| Ontology: | Human Disease [DOID:0051068] ( DOID:0051068 ) |