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Auxological and Biochemical Assessment of Short Stature
Author(s) -
HINDMARSH P.C.,
BROOK C.G.D.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1988.tb10804.x
Subject(s) - medicine , normality , short stature , growth velocity , body height , idiopathic short stature , pediatrics , body weight , growth hormone , psychiatry , hormone
ABSTRACT Measurements of height and calculation of height velocity are highly accurate and sensitive to changes in a child's health. Definition of normality must be based on height velocity, and it is not acceptable to label a child as short and normal purely on the basis of a biochemical test unless this is substantiated with the demonstration of a normal height velocity. Response to therapy is dependent on the child's pretreatment growth rate and also on the amount of GH administered and the frequency of administration.