Kids with a rare condition called Bardet-Biedl syndrome often don’t grow as tall as other kids their age.

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Empty sellae, impaired testosterone secretion, and defective hypothalamic-pituitary growth and gonadal axes in children with Bardet-Biedl syndrome.

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The study found that kids with Bardet-Biedl syndrome have problems in the part of the brain that controls growth, which helps explain why they are often shorter than average.

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Kids with a rare genetic condition called Bardet-Biedl syndrome sometimes have underactive sex glands, and this might be linked to issues in the brain's hormone control center — meaning their body's hormone system could be involved in how the condition shows up.

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