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Endocrine & MetabolicMild
Short Stature
Endocrinology & Diabetology · Endocrine & Metabolic
Mild
Severity
Common as a reason for paediatric evaluation, though the large majority of cases reflect normal growth variation rather than a medical disorder
Prevalence
No
Contagious
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Causes range from normal variation such as familial short stature inherited from parents or constitutional growth delay
- 2to underlying medical conditions including growth hormone deficiency
- 3hypothyroidism
- 4chronic kidney disease
- 5poorly controlled chronic illness
- 6malnutrition
- 7and certain genetic syndromes such as Turner syndrome. Poor nutrition during critical growth periods in childhood
- 8a significant contributor in parts of India
- 9can also result in reduced final adult height. Identifying the specific underlying cause
- 10when one exists
- 11is essential to determining whether treatment is needed and what form it should take.
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