Etiological factors of short stature in children and adolescents: experience at a tertiary care hospital in Egypt

Background: Accurate anthropometric measurements and critical analysis of growth data allow the clinician to promptly recognize children with short stature. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of etiological factors causing short stature among children referred to the pediatric endo...

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Main Authors: Almontaser Hussein, Hekma Farghaly, Eman Askar, Kotb Metwalley, Khaled Saad, Asmaa Zahran, Hisham A. Othman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-05-01
Series:Therapeutic Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2042018817707464