Definition: 'Diencephalic Syndrome Of Infancy'
diencephalic syndrome of infancy
Type: Term
Definitions:
1. profound emaciation after initial normal growth, locomotor hyperactivity and euphoria, usually with skin pallor, hypotension, and hypoglycemia; usually due to neoplasm involving the anterior hypothalamus.
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