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Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2012 Short stature can be a sign of disease, disability, and social stigma causing psychological stress. It is important to have an early diagnosis and treatment.
Vikas Chaudhary, Shahina Bano
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Short Stature Homeobox-Containing Haploinsufficiency in Seven Siblings with Short Stature [PDF]
Case Reports in Endocrinology, 2017 Deficiency of the short stature homeobox-containing (SHOX) gene is a frequent cause of short stature in children (2–15%). Here, we report 7 siblings with SHOX deficiency due to a point mutation in the SHOX gene.
Elizabeth S. Sandberg +3 more
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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.
Nella Polidori +3 more
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Short Stature Diagnosis and Referral [PDF]
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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Etiologies and characteristics of children with chief complaint of short stature [PDF]
Annals of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2015 PurposeShort stature is a very common reason for visits to pediatric endocrine clinics. It could be the first sign of an underlying disease. The purpose of this study is to investigate the etiologies and general characteristics of subjects who visited an
Kyung Chul Song +6 more
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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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Genetics of Short Stature [PDF]
Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America, 2017 Short stature is a common and heterogeneous condition that is often genetic in etiology. For most children with genetic short stature, the specific molecular causes remain unknown; but with advances in exome/genome sequencing and bioinformatics approaches, new genetic causes of growth disorders have been identified, contributing to the understanding of
Jeffrey Baron +3 more
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Maternal short stature does not predict their children's fatness indicators in a nutritional dual-burden sample of urban Mexican Maya. [PDF]
, 2014 The co-existence of very short stature due to poor chronic environment in early life and obesity is becoming a public health concern in rapidly transitioning populations with high levels of poverty.
Bogin, B +5 more
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Whole exome sequencing to identify genetic causes of short stature [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND/AIMS: Short stature is a common reason for presentation to pediatric endocrinology clinics. However, for most patients, no cause for the short stature can be identified.
Dauber, Andrew +6 more
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