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Syndromes with short stature
At present, factors that have been recognized as being able to influence growth are: nutritional, physical, chemical, psychological and genetic. The causes of short stature are numerous, with about 90% of cases classified as Idiopathic Short Stature and divided into 2 types familial short stature and constitutional short stature. Part of the population with growth disorders are SGA newborns (10...
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Short or tall stature is primarily a normal variation of height. It is part of the continuum of the normal Gaussian distribution curve which defines the lower and upper limit of normal as the 3rd and 97th percentile. Within this context it is very important to differentiate normal variations in height and growth from pathological conditions. Normal variations in height are familial and idiopath...
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Few paediatricians would deny that children with extreme short stature face a disability that may affect their physical, psychological, and social well being. Though considerable research has been performed on the nature of this disability, it has been focused on patients who are very short, secondary to conditions such as growth hormone deficiency or achondroplasia, and are attending specialis...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: JAMA
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0098-7484
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2014.1874