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The term non GH deficient short stature is a vague term that paediatric endocrinologist are using to “define” a population of short children without evidence of a precise cause or mechanism and certainly no known endocrine cause. We will consider in this presentation 2 entities that have received a lot of attention from both side of the Atlantic namely the child born Short for Gestational Age and the child with Idiopathic Short Stature. A 3d situation will be considered at the end: the case of corticoid induced growth retardation in chronic inflammatory diseases and the role of GH administration to treat or prevent the severe short stature frequently observed in these children.

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2008-12-05   |   813 visitas   |   Evalua este artículo 0 valoraciones

Vol. 6 Núm.1. Enero 2008 Pags. 27-29 Rev Venez Endocrinol Metabol 2008; 6(1)