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Aromatase Inhibitors in Male Adolescents with Idiopathic Short Stature [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Introdução: O efeito dos fármacos inibidores da aromatase (IA) na estatura de jovens do sexo masculino com baixa estatura idiopática (BEI) tem vindo a ser estudado desde que foi evidenciado o papel dos estrogénios na paragem do crescimento linear.
Amaral, D, Fitas, AL, Lopes, L
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Visualizing Turner Syndrome

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Turner syndrome (TS) continues to present a diagnostic challenge to healthcare professionals. The diagnostic challenges associated with TS result in delayed treatment and clinical care. Here we provide an update of the physical appearance of girls and women with TS by presenting clinical photographs and detailed clinical descriptions of 25 ...
Kirstine Stochholm   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Economic inequality in prevalence of underweight and short stature in children and adolescents: the weight disorders survey of the CASPIAN-IV study

open access: yesArchives of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2020
Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the determinants of socio-economic inequality in the prevalence of short stature and underweight in Iranian children and adolescents.
Ramin Heshmat   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Syndromic Disorders with Short Stature

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Research in Pediatric Endocrinology, 2014
Short stature is one of the major components of many dysmorphic syndromes. Growth failure may be due to a wide variety of mechanisms, either related to the growth hormone (GH)/insulin-like growth factor axis or to underlying unknown pathologies. In this review, the relatively more frequently seen syndromes with short stature (Noonan syndrome, Prader ...
Zeynep Şıklar, Merih Berberoğlu
openaire   +3 more sources

How useful is anthropometric history? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
In his recent presidential address to the American Economic History Association, Paul Hohenberg argued that anthropometric history does not meet his criteria for useful research in the field of economic history.
Komlos, John
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The Impact of Karyotype on Congenital Heart Diseases in Turner Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT It is evident that Turner syndrome (TS) impacts almost all developmental stages of the fetal heart with congenital heart disease (CHD) being seen in 23%–50% of individuals. Although the spectrum of CHDs in TS is well‐established, with left‐sided lesions predominating, the influence of specific karyotypes on the prevalence and types of CHDs ...
Francisco Álvarez‐Nava   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Severe Growth Hormone Deficiency in an Indian Boy Caused by a Novel 6 kb Homozygous Deletion Spanning the GH1 Gene

open access: yesJCRPE
Growth disorders resulting in extreme short stature (ESS) are often a result of deficiency in growth hormone (GH) released from the pituitary gland or a defective GH releasing receptor.
Basma Haris   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Diagnosis That Arrived Decades Late: Living Without and Then With Myhre Syndrome

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Myhre syndrome (MIM #139210) is a rare multisystem disorder first described in 1981, characterized by short stature, neurodevelopmental delay, joint contractures, and cardiopulmonary complications. Its molecular basis, recurrent pathogenic variants in SMAD4, was not discovered until 2011. This narrative is based on a review of medical records,
Abdallah F. Elias
wiley   +1 more source

Association Between Vitamin D Levels and Developmental Status in Short-Stature Children

open access: yesChildren
Background: The first two years of life are crucial for child growth and development, and short stature is a common issue influenced by nutritional deficiencies. This study aimed to determine the relationship between vitamin D levels and short stature in
Mia Milanti Dewi   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Human Inborn Errors of Immunity: 2019 Update of the IUIS Phenotypical Classification. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Since 2013, the International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS) expert committee (EC) on Inborn Errors of Immunity (IEI) has published an updated phenotypic classification of IEI, which accompanies and complements their genotypic classification ...
Ailal, Fatima   +18 more
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