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SHOX Deletion and Idiopathic Short Stature: What Does the Clinician Need to Know? Case Series Report
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+6 more
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Impact of short stature on quality of life: A systematic literature review [PDF]
Objective: We sought to obtain a better understanding of the burden of short stature using a systematic literature review. Methods: Studies of the burden of short stature, of any cause in adults and children, were searched using Embase, MEDLINE and ...
Backeljauw, P+7 more
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The relationship between short stature and psychosocial problems in primary school-age children [PDF]
Background: Short stature is a growth problem that are commonly found in developing countries. In Indonesia, the prevalence of primary school-aged children with short stature reaches 23.6% in 2018.
Dyahputri, Salsabila Yasmine+1 more
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DYSMORPHIC features and adult short stature: possible clinical markers of KBG syndrome [PDF]
BackgroundGrowth monitoring is an essential part of primary health care in children and short stature is frequently regarded as a relatively early sign of poor health. The association of short stature and dysmorphic features should always lead to exclude
Antoniazzi, Franco+4 more
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An aetiological evaluation of short stature [PDF]
Background: Short stature can be a normal variant or secondary to an underlying disorder. It is necessary to evaluate short stature to differentiate a normal from pathological short stature and thus decide the further treatment needed.
Khot, Swati+2 more
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Evaluation of the American-English Quality of Life in Short Stature Youth (QoLISSY) questionnaire in the United States. [PDF]
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+9 more
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Evaluation and management of short stature in children
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
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The Relationship Between Children's Birth Time and Short Stature
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+5 more
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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+2 more
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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
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