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Adverse birth outcomes in United Republic of Tanzania--impact and prevention of maternal risk factors. [PDF]

, 2007
OBJECTIVE: To determine risk factors for poor birth outcome and their population attributable fractions. METHODS: 1688 women who attended for antenatal care were recruited into a prospective study of the effectiveness of syphilis screening and treatment.
Balira, Rebecca, Bulmer, Judith, Changalucha, John M, Gumodoka, Balthazar, Hayes, Richard, Mabey, David, Mugeye, Kokungoza, Ross, David, Todd, James, Watson-Jones, Deborah, Weiss, Helen A   +10 more
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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
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Impact of short stature on quality of life: A systematic literature review [PDF]

, 2021
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, Cappa, M, Cookson, C, Dattani, MT, Kiess, W, Law, L, Sert, C, Whalen, J   +7 more
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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
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Chronic idiopathic hyperphosphatasia with unusual dental findings: a case report [PDF]

, 2012
Chronic idiopathic hyperphosphatasia(CIH) or juvenile Paget disease is believed to be a distinct disease characterized by an increase in the serum alkaline phosphatase, cortical thickening and bowing of the long bones, especially the femora. It is a rare
Gopakumar, Nair, Sreejan, Cheriya K., Subhas Babu, Gogineni   +2 more
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Causes of Short Stature in Children Referred to a Tertiary Care Center in Southeast of Iran: 2018-2020

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, Shamim Bonyadi, Zahra Heidari   +2 more
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Explaining parent-child (dis)agreement in generic and short stature-specific health-related quality of life reports: do family and social relationships matter? [PDF]

, 2016
Background: In the context of health-related quality of life (HrQoL) assessment in pediatric short stature, the present study aimed to examine the levels of agreement/disagreement between parents’ and children’s reports of generic and condition-specific ...
Bullinger, Monika, Quitmann, Julia, Rohenkohl, Anja, Silva, Neuza, Sommer, Rachel   +4 more
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Compound Heterozygous Variants in ZSWIM7 Gene Linked to Infertility and Its Role in Gonadal Development

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study aims to elucidate the role of the ZSWIM7 gene in the etiology of infertility, focusing on its potential association with premature ovarian insufficiency and azoospermia. We investigated an 18‐year‐old female patient who presented with primary amenorrhea, hypoplasia of the uterus and ovaries, Tanner stage II breast and pubic hair ...
Denise M. Christofolini, Guilherme Pinn, Thainá Vilella, Maria I. Melaragno, Mariana Moysés‐Oliveira, Luciano Pompei, Rare Genomes Project Consortium, Bianca Bianco, Caio P. Barbosa   +8 more
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Prevalence of Short Stature in Four-to-Six-Year-Old Children and Its Influencing Factors in the North East of Iran [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Growth pattern in children is one of the most important indicators of public health. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of short stature in children and its influencing factors in Shahroud, northeast of Iran.Methods: In this cross ...
Amiri3, Mohammad, Chaman2, Reza, Ghari6, Arefeh, Haratipour7*, Hosein, Jaefarian1, Sussan, Khosravi4, Ahmad, Sangchooli Moghadam5, Mansoureh   +6 more
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Behavioural and Cognitive Associations of Short Stature at 5 Years [PDF]

, 1999
Objectives To determine the extent to which childhood short stature is associated with cognitive, behavioural and chronic health problems, and whether these problems could be attributed to recognized adverse biological, psychosocial or psychological ...
Abbot, Bor, Bor, Douglas, Dowdney, Downey, Downie, Drotar, Gilmour, GM Williams, Gordon, Hoey, Holmes, JM Najman, Johnson, Keeping, Lacey, Law, Mascie Taylor, MJ Andersen, MJ O’Callaghan, Najman, O’Callaghan, Peck, Pollitt, Siegel, SL Stathis, Spencer, Stabler, Stabler, Voss, Voss, W Bor, Zimet   +33 more
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