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Familial idiopathic short stature and beyond: a case-report of a novel heterozygous NPR2 mutation.
Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti - Classe di Scienze Medico-BiologicheBackground: NPR2 gene encodes for B-type natriuretic peptide receptor (NPR-B), a positive regulator of the growth plate. Recently, heterozygous NPR2 mutations were reported in 2–6% cases of idiopathic short stature (ISS) and 13.6% of familial ISS ...
Ylenia Giorgianni +5 more
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Journal of Pediatrics Review, 2022 Background: Short stature is a common problem encountered by endocrinologists. Short stature may be due to normal variations of growth or pathologic process.
Vahid Sheikhi +2 more
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IGF-1 DEFICIENCY (SHORT STATURE)
Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2013 Growth represents a sentinel for the general health of a child. One of the uncommon yet treatable causes of short for age child is insulin like growth factor 1 deficiency. We report one such cases. The case is an 18 months old girl of Rawalpindi brought
Adnan Halim, Salman Ali
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Leri-Weill dyschondrosteosis: An under-recognised cause of short stature
South African Journal of Radiology, 2009 Short stature is a frequent presenting problem in the pediatric population. Various causes including endocrinopathies, skeletal dysplasias, dysmorphic syndromes and malabsorption have been implicated.
E G Lemire, S Wiebe
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Therapeutic Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2017 Background: Accurate anthropometric measurements and critical analysis of growth data allow the clinician to promptly recognize children with short stature. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of etiological factors causing short stature
Almontaser Hussein +6 more
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The Etiological Spectrum OF Short Stature among Children Attending Endocrine Clinic at Tertiary Care Hospital [PDF]
Liaquat National Journal of Primary CareBackground: One of the most frequent reasons for referral to pediatric endocrinology units is short stature. Children’s short height has a complicated etiology that includes genetics, race, gender, nutrition, and several endocrine hormones.
Hira Urooj Iqbal +3 more
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Approach to A Child with Short Stature
Apollo 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.
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BMJ Open, 2019 Objectives To identify spatial disparities and demographic characteristics of short stature, we analysed the prevalence of short stature collected in a nationwide health survey.Settings Data were obtained from the 2014 Chinese National Survey on Students
Jun Ma +9 more
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Analysis of A Case of Growth Retardation of Infants Caused By Maternal Medication During Lactation [PDF]
BIO Web of ConferencesShort stature in childhood and even adulthood mostly originates from infancy and young children. It has been reported that 30.7% of children start to experience short stature before 6 months of age, 32.3% of children start to experience short stature ...
Zhang Junhua
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