Accurate serial measurements of height and weight and an accurate record of growth are essential cornponents of the clinical evaluation of all children. Maintenance of a growth chart allows comparison of an individual child with a large population in terms of both percentile ranking and the determination of ‘ ‘ height age’ ‘ : the chronologic age at which the patient’s height falls on the 50th ...

The aim of this study is to assess the prevalence of isolated short stature as a clinical presentation of celiac disease in Saudi Arab children and whether some of the routine laboratory tests performed to determine the cause of short stature could suggest the diagnosis of celiac disease. A total of 91 children with short stature were included in the study. Extensive endocrine and biochemical a...

Noonan-like syndrome with loose anagen hair (NS/LAH; OMIM #607721) has been recently related to the invariant c.4A > G missense change in SHOC2. It is characterized by features reminiscent of Noonan syndrome. Ectodermal involvement, short stature associated to growth hormone (GH) deficiency (GHD), and cognitive deficits are common features. We compare in two patients with molecularly confirmed ...

BACKGROUND We aimed to determine specific formulae by which we are able to estimate the body stature from the length of ulna and tibia calculated from the X-rays in order to be a reference for skeletal remains-based identification in Iranian population. METHODS The length of right ulna and tibia of 49 male and 52 female adults, who were anatomically healthy, were measured on the antero-poster...

Jacobsen syndrome (JS), a rare disorder with multiple dysmorphic features, is caused by the terminal deletion of chromosome 11q. Short stature has been reported in this syndrome, however very few of these patients have undergone endocrine evaluation. Serum insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) levels are an indirect indicator of growth hormone activity and are a useful initial screening tool in ...

Short stature, per se, is clearly not a disease, but is commonly perceived to be associated with social and psychological disadvantage. The assumption, widely held by pediatricians that short children are likely to be significantly affected by their stature, has been founded largely on older, poorly designed clinic-based studies and laboratory investigations of beliefs about the association bet...

1. Children with proven growth hormone deficiency (GHD) 2. Children with height less than 3rd percentile for chronologic age with chronic renal insufficiency 3. Patients with AIDS wasting 4. Adults with proven GHD 5. Patients with Turner’s syndrome 6. Children with growth failure due to Prader-Willi syndrome 7. Patients with short stature due to Noonan syndrome 8. Promotion of wound healing in ...

Referral for an assessment of tall stature is much less common than for short stature. Although the commonest cause is an underlying familial tendency to tallness, there are important disorders that should be considered at the initial assessment. Distinguishing these conditions from normal variations of growth is the key objective when managing the child and family. In some children, further ta...

In forensic practice, determination of stature is important and frequently used parameter in the identification of unknown and commingled human remains. The procedure to estimate body height is to use its components1. Most of the studies relating to estimation of stature have used measurements of long bones to formulate regression equations or multiplication factors. However, few attempts have ...