Short stature
Definition Height of two or more standard deviations below the mean for age and gender. Factors determining normal growth Antenatal determinants like uterine size, placental function, maternal nutrition, insulin, insulin-like growth factors Postnatal determinants like Growth hormone, thyroid hormones, nutrition, and insulin Pubertal growth factors like Sex hormones, growth hormone, thyroid hormones, nutrition, and insulin. […]
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