Objectives: Describe the underlying causes of short stature. Summarize the diagnosis of
short stature. Outline the management of short stature. Review the interprofessional team's …

BACKGROUND Short stature is not a disease but a statistically defined heightthreshold.
Some children with short stature are healthy, some have a medicalcondition known to be …

Idiopathic short stature (ISS) is a diagnosis that involves controversy, particularly with regard
to its definition and emerging options for its treatment [1–3]. Because ISS affects a large …

Short stature is a common indication for genetic evaluation. The differential diagnosis is
broad and includes both pathologic causes of short stature and nonpathologic causes. The …

Objective To review the available evidence on the association between primary short stature
and intellectual and physical dysfunction among children. Methods Systematic searches …

CME Educational Objectives 1. Distinguish normal growth from pathological short stature. 2.
Identify key components in the history and physical exam in the evaluation of short stature. 3 …

INTRODUCTION—Short stature is a term applied to a child whose height is 2 standard
deviations (SD) or more below the mean for children of that sex and chronologic age (and …

Stature, the quantitative measure of height, varies widely within each ethnic group with a
fairly normal distribution. Of the numerous patients whom physicians encounter because of …

“Is my child short?” and “Are our children going to be short, since both of us are short?” are
the 2 common questions posed by parents to primary care providers. This review article …

Short stature is defined as a height more than two standard deviations below the mean for
age (less than the 3rd percentile). Tall stature is defined as a height more than two standard …