Short stature

Short stature
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No particular care is indicated for short stature. If short stature is associated with a treatable medical condition, then the appropriate prescribed care should be undertaken.
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Short stature is refers to any person who is significantly below the average height -- specifically, the shortest 5% -- for a person of the same age and sex.
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short stature
delayed bone age
redundant skin around the neck, palms, soles and fingers
curly hair
papillomata (small fleshy growths) around the mouth and nose ...
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Short stature (60% of cases)
Upper limb malformations (50% of cases):
Underdeveloped or missing radius (a forearm bone)
Misshapen or missing thumbs
Clinodactyly (curved fingers), polydactyly (extra fingers), absent finger bones, short fingers ...
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familial short stature - Familial short stature is a tendency to follow the family's inherited short stature (shortness).
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Dwarfism, pituitaryShort stature. When caused by inadequate amounts of growth hormone (as opposed to late growth spurt or genetics), hGH deficiency results in abnormally slow growth and short stature with normal proportions.
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Dwarfism is a term that has often been used to describe extreme short stature; however, the term is unflattering and its use is often avoided. Growth hormone deficiency is sometimes called pituitary dwarfism.
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Syndrome, Coffin-Lowry: An X-linked form of mental retardation in which the affected males have short stature and characteristic face, finger and skeletal abnormalities.
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Humatrope (somatropin [rDNA origin] for injection) A human growth hormone product for adult treatment of somatropin deficiency syndrome and for treatment of short stature in girls suffering from Turner syndrome, ...
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A deficiency of growth hormone resulting in short stature.
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Infection of the intestine resulting in severe diarrhea and cramps, frequently associated with blood or mucus in the stools.
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The outcome is usually associated with good health, but short stature may result even with treatment. Males have normal fertility. Females may have a smaller opening of the vagina and lower fertility.
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If rickets is not corrected while children are still growing, skeletal deformities and short stature may be permanent. If it is corrected while the child is young, skeletal deformities often diminish or disappear with time.
Possible Complications ...
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As a result, people with achondroplasia are of short stature - often no more than four feet tall when fully grown. They often have small hands and fingers and unusually short upper arms and thighs.
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Unless premature puberty is halted, growth of the long bones will cease too soon, resulting in short stature. One-third of children who enter puberty precociously are under five feet tall as adults.
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Achondroplasia is the most common cause of dwarfism, or significantly abnormal short stature.
Description ...
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A hereditary condition characterized by sparse and brittle hair, short stature, and mental retardation.
trigeminal nerve ...
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Homocystinuria, a genetic condition characterized by developmental delays, failure to thrive, and neurological abnormalities.
Turner syndrome, which causes short stature and lack of sexual development at puberty in females.
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One such deformity occurs when the legs bend inward toward each other or outward away from each other; this deformity is referred to as "renal rickets." Another important consequence is short stature.
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