... length and SHt SDS was not evident in the adults with CO-CD. Conclusion: Short stature in adults with CO-CD is more pronounced in men and may be associated with poor spinal growth. © 2017 S. Karger AG, Basel 2017 Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer Copyright: All rights reserved. No part...

...Linda Lindström; Anna-Karin Wikström; Eva Bergman; Maria Lundgren Aim: To assess the relationship between severity of small for gestational age (SGA) and the risk of poor school performance, and to investigate whether adult stature modifies this risk. Methods: 1,088,980 Swedish children born...

... Androgen Stature Estrogen Bone age Turner syndrome (TS), which occurs in 1/2,500 live-born females, is due to complete or partial absence of an X chromosome. The phenotype, described by Henry Turner in 1938, commonly includes short stature, ovarian failure and cardiac and renal abnormalities...

...Joel N. Hirschhorn; Guillaume Lettre Human height (stature) is a strongly genetic trait, with up to 90% of the variation in height within a population determined by a combination of multiple inherited factors. Recent advances in genetics and genomics now permit comprehensive genome-wide surveys...

... of non-GH-deficient short individuals suggests that short stature is not the cause of this outcome. We conclude that the origins of psychiatric comorbidities, such as social phobia and depression, in GH deficient adults are likely to be neuroendocrine as well as psychosocial. 9 12 2008 © 1996...

...D.M. Styne; H. McHenry There is significant evidence that a positive secular trend, apparently due to improved socioeconomic conditions, has led to taller stature today compared with 150-200 years ago. However, study of fossil remains of our hominid ancestors demonstrates the stature of individuals...

...-designed studies of growth-promoting hormonal treatment may answer questions regarding the efficacy and safety of treating growth retardation in the subgroup of patients who continue to fail to grow despite optimal management of their IBD. Cytokines Growth hormone Inflammation Puberty Stature ©...

...Salvatore Seminara; Gherardo Rapisardi; Francesca La Cauza; Patrizia Mattei; Gianpaolo Donzelli The statural catch-up growth, defined as reaching at least tenth length/height percentile (P10) for normal population standards (–1.28 SD score, SDS), was studied in 73 infants short at birth (length...