… We conducted a thorough systematic review of the literature on referral for short stature in …
and utility gains in children with short stature, particularly linking gains in height to utilities. …

… Short stature or growth retardation is considered a relatively early sign of poor health in
children. Growth monitoring … Short stature has many causes and the purposes and objectives of …

… Identification of most disorders in the table by growth monitoring should be regarded … growth
monitoring would not be the method of choice. Short stature with few other clues to a growth …

… of short stature based on body proportions, prenatal growth, and … to detect causes of short
stature other than GH deficiency (29). … growth monitoring and are more efficient than standard …

… The variations in height assessments in our study highlight the complexities of growth and
growth monitoring. In addition to genetics, health, nutritional status, and psychosocial and …

… in growth monitoring and growth failure/short stature referrals for both girls and boys, to avoid
underdiagnosis of potentially manageable conditions. Pediatricians and other health care …

… short stature children (10 girls, 5 boys), mean age 9.6 years (range 5.2-12.7 years), with
normal response to growth hormone stimulation tests (group A) or partial growth … -term growth …

… Growth monitoring in infancy and childhood has been part of preventive child health programmes
for more than a century, and short stature or growth … acceptance of growth monitoring, …

… targeted, and how should abnormal growth be defined? We … growth monitoring in children
and studies comparing the performance of new WHO growth charts with that of other growth …

… Idiopathic short stature (ISS) is a term used to describe … More recently, studies suggest
that short stature homeobox … This is particularly so when short stature can be reversed with …