Results 21 to 30 of about 58,115 (154)

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
doaj   +1 more source

Childhood Short Stature [PDF]

Al Ameen Journal of Medical Sciences, 2012
Childhood short stature comprises Varity of endocrinal, systemic, Skeletal & genetic disorders of pediatrics and is not just confined for endocrinal disorder only. A systemic approach often reduces the need for test which is often expensive &unnecessary.
J.Ray
doaj  

The Relationship Between Children's Birth Time and Short Stature

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022
BackgroundThere are few current reports on the relationship between time of birth and short stature in children. Therefore, we aimed to investigate whether there is an association between time of birth and short stature in children.Materials and ...
Shuo Wang, Na Shao, Yiyi Ding, Hong Cai, Runmei Zou, Cheng Wang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Coping and quality of life of parents of children with achondroplasia—a narrative review

Frontiers in Medicine
BackgroundCaring for individuals with a chronic disease imposes a substantial burden on parents, significantly impacting their quality of life. For parents of children with achondroplasia, caregiving has notable implications for coping mechanisms and ...
Adekunle Adedeji, Adekunle Adedeji, Stefanie Witt, Stefanie Witt, Florian Innig, Inês Alves, Chiara Provasi, Marco Sessa, Klaus Mohnike, Klaus Mohnike, Julia Quitmann, Julia Quitmann   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation and management of short stature in children

Sri Lanka Journal of Diabetes Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sjdem.v1i1.4187 Sri Lanka Journal of Diabetes Endocrinology and Metabolism 2011; 1: 30 ...
YAA Jayasena, K Dharshini, KSH de Silva
doaj   +1 more source

Regional differences in short stature in England between 2006 and 2019: A cross-sectional analysis from the National Child Measurement Programme.

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, Joseph Freer, Joan K Morris, Caroline Hancock, Robert Walton, Leo Dunkel, Helen L Storr, Andrew J Prendergast   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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, Valeria Castorani, Angelika Mohn, Francesco Chiarelli   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Monogenic causes of familial short stature

Frontiers in Endocrinology
Genetic 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, Petra Dusatkova, Shenali Anne Amaratunga, Vit Neuman, Zdenek Sumnik, Jan Lebl, Stepanka Pruhova   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Clonidine-stimulated growth hormone concentrations (cut-off values) measured by immunochemiluminescent assay (ICMA) in children and adolescents with short stature

Clinics, 2016
OBJECTIVES: To establish cut-off values for growth hormone concentrations using clonidine as a secretagogue and an immunochemiluminescent assay as the method of measurement and to analyze the response time as well as the influence of gender, nutritional ...
Maria de Fátima Borges, Flávia Carolina Cândida Teixeira, Aline Karin Feltrin, Karina Alvarenga Ribeiro, Gabriel Antonio Nogueira Nascentes, Elisabete Aparecida Mantovani Rodrigues Resende, Beatriz Pires Ferreira, Adriana Paula Silva, Heloísa Marcelina Cunha Palhares   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Screening of the SHOX/PAR1 region using MLPA and miRNA expression profiling in a group of Egyptian children with non-syndromic short stature

Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics, 2020
Background Short stature is defined as a body height below the third percentile, based on chronological age, or 2 standard deviations (SD) below the national height standard. The prevalence of short stature is around 2% of children worldwide.
Ola M. Eid, Maha M. Eid, Amany H. Abdelrahman, Rania M. A. Abdel kader, Marwa Farid, Rana Mahrous, Mona K. Mekkawy, Alaa K. Kamel, Inas Mazen, Hala T. El-Bassyouni   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source