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A study of short stature among adolescents in the rural tertiary center- A prospective observational study [PDF]

Al Ameen Journal of Medical Sciences, 2021
Background: Long-term morbidities during the adolescence period cause short stature which is permanent, once epiphysis fuse. Objectives: To evaluate etiology in short stature adolescents and its relation with HSDS (Height Standard Deviation Score) and BA
Dixa Shah, Sunil Pathak, Prasad Muley, Prashant Modi, Naveed M Ahmed, Vivek Bhatt   +5 more
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Short stature and SHOX (Short stature homeobox) variants—efficacy of screening using various strategies [PDF]

PeerJ, 2020
Background SHOX mutations have previously been described as causes of Léri-Weill dyschondrosteosis (LWD), Langer mesomelic dysplasia (LMD), and idiopathic short stature. The loss of X chromosome—Turner syndrome or mosaic 45,X/46,XX or 46,XY—also leads to
Pavlina Capkova, Zuzana Capkova, Peter Rohon, Katerina Adamová, Jirina Zapletalova   +4 more
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Relationship between short stature at 3 years old and height, weight, and body mass index changes for 6 years after birth: a retrospective, nationwide, population-based study of children born 2011–2014 in Korea [PDF]

Annals of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2023
Purpose Height at 3 years of age, when catch-up growth based on birth history is completed, is considered a major prognostic factor for predicting short stature, underweight, and growth faltering.
Seo Jung Kim, Ju Hyun Jin, In Hyuk Chung
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Evaluation of the American-English Quality of Life in Short Stature Youth (QoLISSY) questionnaire in the United States. [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: The European Quality of Life in Short Stature Youth (QoLISSY) is a novel condition-specific instrument developed to assess health related quality of life (HrQoL) in children/adolescents with short stature from patient and parent perspectives.
Bullinger, Monika, Fox, Janet, Mauras, Nelly, Newfield, Ron, Pleil, Andreas, Quitmann, Julia, Rohenkohl, Anja, Ross, Judith L., Silverman, Lawrence, Sommer, Rachel   +9 more
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Assessment and referral of patients with short stature by primary care physicians in the Arabian gulf region: Current perspectives from a regional survey

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022
Children with short stature are frequently referred late to pediatric endocrinologists in the Arabian Gulf region. This is likely a contributing factor to late initiation of treatment despite current evidence suggesting that children with short stature ...
W. Kaplan, E. Al Amiri, N. Attia, I. Al Basiri, I. Romany, E. Al Shehri, E. Al Shehri, A. Al Twaim, S. Al Yaarubi, A. Deeb, A. Deeb   +10 more
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The diagnostic work up of growth failure in secondary health care; An evaluation of consensus guidelines [PDF]

, 2008
Background: As abnormal growth might be the first manifestation of undetected diseases, it is important to have accurate referral criteria and a proper diagnostic work-up.
A Grimberg, A Juul, A Juul, A Niklasson, AA Green, AM Fredriks, Arnoldus G Ketel, DM Hall, FK Grote, Floor K Grote, Friedo W Dekker, G F.K., HA Van Steensel-moll, Henriette A Moll, I Halac, J Hilken, Jan M Wit, JC Rijn van, JP Frindik, LA Fox, LD Voss, M Cappa, M Hermanussen, M Kaji, M Moreno-Garcia, MBR Bouwmeester-Landweer, MJ Goldberg, ML Ahmed, ML Davenport, Paula van Dommelen, PC Hindmarsh, R Lindsay, RL Rosenfield, S Buuren van, S Buuren van, Sabine MPF De Muinck Keizer-Schrama, SC Duck, SM Muinck Keizer-Schrama, Stef van Buuren, TA Wilson, Wilma Oostdijk   +40 more
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SHOX Deletion and Idiopathic Short Stature: What Does the Clinician Need to Know? Case Series Report

Diagnostics, 2022
Children diagnosticated with idiopathic short stature (ISS) are probably, in most cases, underdiagnosticated. The genetic causes of ISS may be mutations of genes involved in local regulation of the growth plate or genes involved in the GH-IGF1 axis ...
Maria-Christina Ungureanu, Anamaria Hrisca, Lavinia Caba, Laura Teodoriu, Stefana Bilha, Cristina Preda, Letitia Leustean   +6 more
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Psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the pediatric quality of life inventory 4.0 Generic core scales among children with short stature [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: The quality of life in children with short stature was rarely studied in China, so we explore these children’s quality of life and psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 4.0(PedsQL4.0 ...
Hua-hong Wu, Hui Li, Qian Gao
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Golabi-Ito-Hall syndrome results from a missense mutation in the WW domain of the PQBP1 gene [PDF]

, 2006
Background: Golabi, Ito, and Hall reported a family with X linked mental retardation (XLMR), microcephaly, postnatal growth deficiency, and other anomalies, including atrial septal defect, in 1984.Methods: This family was restudied as part of our ongoing
Abidi, F. E., Echeverri, R., Holloway, L., Lubs, H., Meindl, Alfons, Schwartz, C. E., Stevenson, R. E.   +6 more
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Management of short stature

Western Journal of Medicine, 2002
A 12-year-old girl is brought in by her mother, who is concerned because her daughter is short even compared with other family members. She estimates that her daughter has grown less than 3 cm ( 1 in) in the past year andasks if she should receive growth hormone-a treatment that was recently mentioned in a newspaper article. The girl has no significant
Elizabeth J Elliott, Heather J. Dean, Shayne Taback   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources