Aims: To evaluate the performance of growth monitoring in detecting diseases. Turner's
syndrome (TS) is taken as the target disease. Methods: Case-control simulation study. Three …

Objective: To establish evidence-based guidelines for growth monitoring on a population
basis. Study design: Several auxological referral criteria were formulated and applied to …

Background To promote early diagnosis and treatment of short stature, consensus meetings
were held in the mid nineteen nineties in the Netherlands and the UK. This resulted in …

The goal of this study is to assess whether a growth curve model approach will lead to a
more precise detection of Turner sydnrome (TS) than conventional referral criteria for growth …

Context: Screening criteria for abnormal growth in children are traditionally based on height-
for-age, height distance from target height (TH), and change in growth rate. However, there …

Background Growth monitoring of apparently healthy children aims at early detection of
serious conditions by use of both clinical expertise and algorithms that define abnormal …

The objective of this study was to review the growth curves for Turner syndrome, evaluate
the methodological and statistical quality, and suggest potential growth curves for clinical …

As Northern Europeans are currently the tallest people in the world, specific growth charts
for girls with Turner's Syndrome from this area are needed. Based on height and weight …

OBJECTIVE To assess the impact of recent guidelines from the UK joint working party of
child health surveillance recommending that all children be measured at age 5 and again …

Growth monitoring of apparently healthy children aims at early detection of serious
underlying disorders. However, existing growth-monitoring practices are mainly based on …