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Deciphering short stature in children [PDF]
Annals of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2020 Short stature is a common reason for referral to pediatric endocrinologists. Multiple factors, including genetic, prenatal, postnatal, and local environmental factors, can impair growth.
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Pediatría IntegralShort stature is a very common cause of referral. There are many causes of growth failure, but the great majority of cases are due to normal variants and only in a minority of cases an underlying disease is found. Pathological growth failure includes the
Sharma L, Rani D, Kanchan T, Krishan K.
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Genetic syndromes and skeletal dysplasia associated with short stature – A case series
Apollo Medicine, 2023 Introduction: Stature has a very high heritability index of about 80%. There are multiple genes which regulate the chondrogenesis at the growth plate. It is but natural that mutations or defects involving these genes lead to normal variant short stature ...
Divya Agarwal +3 more
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PLoS Medicine, 2021 BackgroundShort stature, defined as height for age more than 2 standard deviations (SDs) below the population median, is an important indicator of child health.
Joanna Orr +7 more
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BMJ Open, 2019 Objectives To identify spatial disparities and demographic characteristics of short stature, we analysed the prevalence of short stature collected in a nationwide health survey.Settings Data were obtained from the 2014 Chinese National Survey on Students
Jun Ma +9 more
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Therapeutic Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2017 Background: Accurate anthropometric measurements and critical analysis of growth data allow the clinician to promptly recognize children with short stature. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of etiological factors causing short stature
Almontaser Hussein +6 more
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Monogenic causes of familial short stature [PDF]
Frontiers in EndocrinologyGenetic factors play a crucial role in determining human height. Short stature commonly affects multiple family members and therefore, familial short stature (FSS) represents a significant proportion of growth disorders. Traditionally, FSS was considered
Lukas Plachy +6 more
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Short Stature Diagnosis and Referral
Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2018 The “360° GH in Europe” meeting, which examined various aspects of GH diseases, was held in Lisbon, Portugal, in June 2016. The Merck KGaA (Germany) funded meeting comprised three sessions entitled “Short Stature Diagnosis and Referral,” “Optimizing ...
Mohamad Maghnie +3 more
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Case analysis and literature review of 3 children with short stature with ACAN gene mutation [PDF]
Zhenduanxue lilun yu shijian, 2023 Objective: To analyze the clinical features and genetic changes of 3 children in short stature with ACAN gene mutation. Methods: The clinical data, laboratory examinations, and genetic testing results of 3 children with ACAN gene mutations diagnosed with
LI Yanxiao, LU Wenli, WANG Xinqiong, CHEN Ye, XIAO Yuan, DONG Zhiya, MA Xiaoyu
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Prevalence and Aetiological Profile of Short Stature in School Children between 6-11 Years of Age- A Community Based Prospective Observational Study [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2023 Introduction: Growth is a complex process and influenced by genetic back ground, different functions of endocrine system, nutrition, effect of any chronic disease and the level of individual physical activity.
Jasmine Kandagal +3 more
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