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Limb Lengthening in Short Stature Patients.

, 2001
A series of 140 patients with short stature operated on for limb lengthening (80 had achondroplasia, 20 had hypochondroplasia, 20 had Turner syndrome, 10 had idiopathic short stature due to an undemonstrated cause, 5 regarded their stature as too short ...
DALL'OCA C., ALDEGHERI, ROBERTO
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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 Care
Background: 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, Mohsina Ibrahim, Kulsoom Shabbir, Zara Shaukat   +3 more
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The EXPLAIN Study: Exploring Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita in Adults in Norway — A Description of Demographic, Medical, and Neurological Findings

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita (AMC) encompasses several hundred conditions with diverse genetic, pathophysiological, and clinical origins. The overarching EXPLAIN study explores underlying causes and implications of AMC and represents the largest clinical cohort of adults with AMC reported to date.
My Vuong Hermansen, Kristin Ørstavik, Unni Steen, Mathias Toft, Cathrine Brunborg, Lena Lande Wekre   +5 more
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Spatial and demographic disparities in short stature among school children aged 7–18 years: a nation-wide survey in China, 2014

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, Yanhui Dong, Zhaogeng Yang, Jia Ma, Tao Pei, Fen Dong, Sihui Guo, Qiuling Zhao, Shunan Wang, Zhixin Zhang   +9 more
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Prenatal Presentation of RMRP‐Related Skeletal Dysplasia: Clinical and Genomic Expansion

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The RNA subunit of the mitochondrial RNA processing endoribonuclease complex is encoded by RMRP. Biallelic variants in RMRP are known for anauxetic dysplasia 1 (AD), cartilage‐hair hypoplasia (CHH), and metaphyseal dysplasia without hypotrichosis.
Radhakrishnan Periyasamy, Pascal Joset, H. E. Veenstra‐Knol, Nicole Corsten‐Janssen, Tuula Rinne, Irene Valenzuela, Marta Codina‐Solà, Carlota Rodó, Marjolaine Willems, Constance Wells, Renaud Touraine, Maayke de Koning, Gijs Santen, Iris Hollink, André Travessa, Alessandro Mauro Spinelli, Paolo Peruzzo, Moneef Shoukier, Roland Axt‐Fliedner, Thomas Menter, Gwendolin Manegold‐Brauer, Isabel Filges   +21 more
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Short stature and Helicobacter pylori infection in Italian children: prospective multicentre hospital based case–control study. (I.F. 5.143)

, 1998
Helicobacter pylori is mainly acquired in childhood,1 but the diseases associated with such infection remain unknown. Scottish and Italian schoolchildren infected with H pylori showed reduced growth in height,2,3 and H pylori gastritis was found in 55 ...
E. Chiorboli, G. Bona, DE ANGELIS, Gian Luigi, on behalf of the Italian Study Group on Short Stature end H. Pylori, C. Saieva, D. Palli, G. Oderda   +6 more
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Over the edge: Empirical evidence for the cliff‐edge model of obstetric selection

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The cliff‐edge model of obstetric selection maintains that larger neonates and smaller birth canals confer a positive selective advantage until labor becomes obstructed and vaginal delivery is no longer possible, eliciting an abrupt reduction in fitness.
Laura M. Watson, Pierre Frémondière, Kaspar Staub, Philipp Mitteroecker, Barbara Fischer, Martin Haeusler, Nicole M. Webb   +6 more
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Managing idiopathic short stature: role of somatropin (rDNA origin) for injection

, 2010
J Paul Frindik1, Stephen F Kemp11University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children’s Hospital, AR, USAAbstract: Idiopathic short stature (ISS) is a term that describes short stature in children who do not have growth hormone (GH)
J Paul Frindik, Stephen F Kemp
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Analysis of A Case of Growth Retardation of Infants Caused By Maternal Medication During Lactation [PDF]

BIO Web of Conferences
Short 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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The 9+ month marathon: How pregnancy may have shaped human endurance capacities

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Anthropology has long considered the evolution of our uniquely human endurance capacities to be the result of selection upon anatomical and physiological features imposed by the demands of thermoregulation and resource acquisition, particularly during the demands of persistence hunting. Research has focused on the anatomical changes present in
Cara Ocobock
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