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Case description: A female patient with severe short stature and intellectual disability had been followed since she was 9 years old. Several causes of short stature were ruled out. At the age of 12 years, her height was 114 cm (\u22125.22 SDS), weight 19 kg (\u22125.88 SDS), BMI 14.6 kg\/m2 (\u22122.26 SDS), and was Tanner stage 1. The target height for the proband was 151.65 cm (\u22121.80 SDS). The bone age (BA) was delayed by 3 years compared to chronological age. The growth rate was persistently deficient (&lt;&lt;2 SDS). Physical examination revealed dysmorphic features. Genetic analysis documented a de novo SETD5 gene mutation (c.890_891delTT), responsible for phenotypes in the context of an overlap syndrome between the phenotype of MDR23, CdL and KBG syndromes. Recombinant growth hormone therapy (rhGH) was started at the age of 12 years. After both one year (+3.16 SDS) and two years (+2.9 SDS), the growth rate significantly increased compared with the pre-therapy period. Conclusion: This is the first case of a patient with overlap syndrome due to SETD5 mutation treated with rhGH. 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