Short stature, secondary to growth hormone deficiency is associated with –
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- Normal body proportion.
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- Low birth weight
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- Normal epiphyseal development
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- Height age equal to skeletal age
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Short stature due to Human Growth hormone deficiency in characterized by -
- Ratio of upper to lower segment is normal.
- Bone age or epiphyseal development in less than chronological age by about 2 years.
- Children’s are normal in height and weight at birth.
- Delay in growth is usually observed after the age of one year.
Bone age in less than the chronological age in -
- Constitution delay in puberty.
- Marked delayed in hypothyroidism and hypopituitarism.
- Moderate delay in malnutrition and chronic illnesses.
Bone age is advance than height age in - Down’s syndrome
- Intrauterine infections
- Turners syndrome