... for height standard deviation score and distance to target height/mid-parental height, as used in the Netherlands and Finland, are effective for population growth monitoring, and superior to the monitoring algorithm in the UK. Growth deflection irrespective of height is an important sign of acquired growth...

...Sukran Poyrazoglu; Feyza Darendeliler; Firdevs Bas; Ruveyde Bundak; Nurcin Saka; Sukran Darcan; Jan M. Wit; Hulya Gunoz Aim: It was the aim of this study to evaluate adult height (AH) and different methods used for estimation of target height (TH) in children with idiopathic short stature (ISS...

... in 8 patients and multiple pituitary hormone deficiency was present in 9 children. All patients received GH with subcutaneous injections only, 6-7 times/week. Mean final height for all patients was -1.11 SDS and was similar in boys ( 1.09 SDS) and girls (-1.13 SDS). Target height SDS was -0.80 SDS...

...G.v. Kalckreuth; F. Haverkamp; M. Kessler; R.H. Rosskamp We compared the final adult height (FH) of patients with classic constitutional delay of growth and puberty with their target height (TH) and with the height prediction by the Bayley-Pinneau method (BP). 20 patients and their parents were...

... to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Final adult height Target height Childhood growth pattern Constitutional delay of growth and puberty Constitutional delay of growth and puberty (CDGP...

... retardation seen at 7.9 ± 0.4 years for height ≤–3 SD were classified according to the difference between their target height and actual height: <2 SD in familial short stature (FSS, n = 28) and >2 SD in non-FSS (n = 29). Results: Height decreased from –0.5 ± 0.1 SD at birth to –2 ± 0.2 SD at 1 year...