Cockayne syndrome (CS) is a multisystem degenerative disorder divided in 3 overlapping subtypes, with continuous phenotypic spectrum: CS2 being the most severe form, CS1 classical form and CS3 late-onset form. Failure to thrive growth difficulties are among consistent features of CS, leaving affected individuals vulnerable numerous medical complications, including adverse effects undernutrition...

abstract   background:  monitoring height for age is very important indicator in children and teenagers periods. unfortunately in screening for students’ nutritional problems, only students with height below 3rd percentile of health road (height, weight or bmi charts) are reported and plotted in national growth charts, whereas attention to total normal distribution of student growth and compari...

I n 2006, the World Health Organization (WHO) published multiethnic growth charts for children younger than 5 years compiled of growth data of 6669 infants from 6 different countries (the United States, Norway, Oman, Brazil, India, and Ghana). Originally, the rationale for the construction of the multiethnic WHO standards stemmed from an earlier study that reported nearly similar growth pattern...