- Part 1 Principles of international endocrine practice
- Part 2 Pituitary and hypothalamic diseases
- Part 3 The thyroid
- Part 4 Parathyroid, calcium, and bone metabolism
- Part 5 The adrenal gland and endocrine hypertension
- Part 6 Neuroendocrine tumours and genetic disorders
- Part 7 Growth and development during childhood
- 7.1 Normal growth and sexual development
- 7.2 Growth and sexual disorders in childhood
- 7.2.1 Hypoglycaemia: assessment and management
- 7.2.2 Differential diagnosis of short stature and poor growth velocity
- 7.2.3 Genetic defects of the human somatotropic axis
- 7.2.4 Investigation of the slowly growing child
- 7.2.5 Growth hormone therapy for the growth-hormone deficient child
- 7.2.6 Growth-promoting agents for nongrowth hormone-deficient short children
- 7.2.7 Syndromic growth disorders
- 7.2.8 Tall stature
- 7.2.9 Delayed puberty and hypogonadism
- 7.2.10 Premature sexual maturation
- 7.3 Congenital adrenal hyperplasia in children
- 7.4 Late effects of cancer treatment
- 7.5 Transition in endocrinology
- Part 8 Female endocrinology and pregnancy
- Part 9 Male hypogonadism and infertility
- Part 10 Endocrinology of ageing and systemic disease
- Part 11 Endocrinology of cancer
- Part 12 Obesity, lipids, and metabolic disorders
- Part 13 Diabetes mellitus
(p. 1049) Differential diagnosis of short stature and poor growth velocity
- Chapter:
- (p. 1049) Differential diagnosis of short stature and poor growth velocity
- Author(s):
Jesper Johannesen
and Christopher T. Cowell
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780199235292.003.7045
Stature reflects the interaction between the genetic background of an individual and a variety of prenatal and postnatal influences including nutrition, hormones, general health, and psychological factors. Stature is a continuum ranging from tall to short individuals, the majority of those whose height is less than the 3rd centile will be representative of this normal continuum. Short individuals with a recognizable disorder are found with increasing frequency at the extremes of the population variation. The diagnostic approach to short stature will be discussed, with emphasis on the epidemiology of short stature and poor growth, the diagnoses that need to be considered, and their aetiology.
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- Part 1 Principles of international endocrine practice
- Part 2 Pituitary and hypothalamic diseases
- Part 3 The thyroid
- Part 4 Parathyroid, calcium, and bone metabolism
- Part 5 The adrenal gland and endocrine hypertension
- Part 6 Neuroendocrine tumours and genetic disorders
- Part 7 Growth and development during childhood
- 7.1 Normal growth and sexual development
- 7.2 Growth and sexual disorders in childhood
- 7.2.1 Hypoglycaemia: assessment and management
- 7.2.2 Differential diagnosis of short stature and poor growth velocity
- 7.2.3 Genetic defects of the human somatotropic axis
- 7.2.4 Investigation of the slowly growing child
- 7.2.5 Growth hormone therapy for the growth-hormone deficient child
- 7.2.6 Growth-promoting agents for nongrowth hormone-deficient short children
- 7.2.7 Syndromic growth disorders
- 7.2.8 Tall stature
- 7.2.9 Delayed puberty and hypogonadism
- 7.2.10 Premature sexual maturation
- 7.3 Congenital adrenal hyperplasia in children
- 7.4 Late effects of cancer treatment
- 7.5 Transition in endocrinology
- Part 8 Female endocrinology and pregnancy
- Part 9 Male hypogonadism and infertility
- Part 10 Endocrinology of ageing and systemic disease
- Part 11 Endocrinology of cancer
- Part 12 Obesity, lipids, and metabolic disorders
- Part 13 Diabetes mellitus