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Approach to A Child with Short Stature

open access: yesApollo Medicine, 2007
PEDIATRICS is the science of the growing child, and it therefore is essential for every paediatrician to monitor and chart the growth of each child who is under one’s regular follow-up. Why? Because if the height gain is too slow, or too fast, and similarly if the weight gain is too slow or too fast, it can alert us to take action early.
openaire   +3 more sources

OXANDROLONE THERAPY FOR SHORT STATURE [PDF]

open access: bronze, 1978
H. N. B. WETTENHALL, Betty Norman
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Microarray in clinical practice – utility vs complexity. Mixed phenotype of duplication 15q11.2q13.1 and deletion 16p11.2 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Introduction: There’s a consensus to perform chromosomal microarray technique as first-tier clinical diagnostic test for individuals with developmental disabilities.
Antunes, Diana   +9 more
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The Prevalence and Determinants of Short Stature in HIV-Infected Children

open access: yesJournal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, 2014
Background: Children with HIV infection are often reported to be short. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of HIV-associated short stature in HIV endemic setting.
Dipesalema R. Joel MBBCh, BAO, BMedSc, MRCPI   +5 more
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Body mass index has risen more steeply in tall than in short 3-year olds: serial cross-sectional surveys 1988-2003 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Objective: To monitor the changing relationship between body mass index ( BMI) and height in young children.Design: Annual cross-sectional surveys using health-visitor-collected routine data 1988 - 2003.Setting: Wirral, England.Participants: Fifty ...
Buchan, IE   +3 more
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Progress in Clinical Diagnosis and Management of Short Stature in Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes

open access: yesXiehe Yixue Zazhi
Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS) are a group of rare hereditary connective tissue disorders characterized by joint hypermobility, skin hyperextensibility, and tissue fragility.
XU Kexin   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Association between Adult Stature and Energy Expenditure in Low-Income Women from Northeastern Brazil.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2015
BackgroundPerinatal undernutrition may lead to important metabolic adaptations in adult life, short stature being the most visible. The present study aimed to evaluate the association between stature and total energy expenditure of low-income women ...
Fabiana Cristina Alves Albuquerque   +6 more
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