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Short Stature
Definition :
Short stature is defined as:
- Height > 2 SD below the mean for chronological age (Growth Curve)
- Child who grows below the 3rd percentile for age.
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2) Postnatal causes:
* Nutritional dwarfism
* Chronic diseases:
- CVS (left-to-right shunts & CHF)
- Pulmonary (Bronchial astma & cystic fibrosis)
- GIT (Malabsorption & Inflammatory bowel disease)
- Liver (chronic liver disease)
- Hematology (chronic hemolytic anemia)
- Renal (CRF & RTA)
- Collagen (JRA)
- Malignancy
* Endocrine disorders:
- Growth hormone deficiency
- Hypothyroidism
- Cushing syndrome & steroid therapy
- Diabetes mellitus
- Pseudohypoparathyroidism
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