Human growth, from fetal life to adolescence, is dynamic and a good marker of health. Growth is a complex process influenced by genetic, hormonal, nutritional and environmental factors, both preand postnatally. To date, no international agreement regarding normal height has been established. Auxological parameters are fundamental to investigate potential short stature (SS), either with a known ...

background: b-thalassemia major is a serious medical problem. growth retardation is commonly seen in poly-transfused b- thalassemia patients. the exact mechanism of short stature in children with thalassemia major is not well understood, however, it is believed to be multi-factorial. objective: to study the growth state and its relationship to growth hormone (gh) deficiency in b-thalassemia pat...

Recent research has shown that preexisting health condition affected an individual's risk of dying during the 14th-century Black Death. However, a previous study of the effect of adult stature on risk of mortality during the epidemic failed to find a relationship between the two; this result is perhaps surprising given the well-documented inverse association between stature and mortality in hum...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Poor linear growth is common in children with CKD and has been associated with higher mortality. However, recent data in adult dialysis patients have suggested a higher risk of death in persons of tall stature. In this study, we aimed to examine the risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality in children at both extremes of height at the time of first RRT. DESIGN,...

Background Robinow syndrome is a rare congenital disorder with phenotypically heterogeneous abnormalities. Two modes of inheritances are known for this syndrome namely autosomal recessive and autosomal dominant. Case Report We describe here an eighteen-month-old child who had mesomelic short stature, abnormal facial features, clinodactyly, micropenis and vertebral changes which were further sup...

Human growth, from fetal life to adolescence, is dynamic and a good marker of health. Growth is a complex process influenced by genetic, hormonal, nutritional and environmental factors, both preand postnatally. To date, no international agreement regarding normal height has been established. Auxological parameters are fundamental to investigate potential short stature (SS), either with a known ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the causes of short stature in children with special emphasis on growth hormone deficiency. STUDY DESIGN Case series. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Department of Paediatrics, Military Hospital, Rawalpindi and Combined Military Hospital, Multan from September 2004 to January 2007. METHODOLOGY Two hundred and fourteen children (140 boys and 74 girls), ranging from 02 to...

Human growth, from fetal life to adolescence, is dynamic and a good marker of health. Growth is a complex process influenced by genetic, hormonal, nutritional and environmental factors, both pre- and postnatally. To date, no international agreement regarding normal height has been established. Auxological parameters are fundamental to investigate potential short stature (SS), either with a know...