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Abstract
Short stature is one of the most common causes of referral to pediatric endocrinology clinics.
It is the term applied to a child who is two standard deviations or more below the mean height for children of that gender and chronologic age (and ideally of the same racial–ethnic group). This translates into being below the third percentile for height.
Hypochondroplasia is a mild form of achondroplasia. It may be difficult to differentiate between familial short stature and achondroplasia. Achondroplasia and Hypochondroplasia result from a genetic mutation. Genetic conditions, such as Turner syndrome, Down syndrome, or Prader Willi syndrome, are also linked to disproportionate short stature.
In Egypt, many studies that assessed prevalence and pattern of short stature were held. One of those studies assessed etiological factors of short stature among children in Assiut university children’s hospital revealed that Endocrinological causes accounted for 26% of short stature [of them, 11.8% had growth hormone deficiency], 63.6% had normal variants of growth [of them, 42% had familial short stature (FSS), 15.8% had constitutional growth delay (CGD) and 5.5% a combination of both]. Interestingly, celiac disease (CD) constituted 6.6% of children with short stature.
Somatic growth and biologic maturation are influenced by several factors that act independently and in concert to modify a child’s genetic growth potential. The influence of maternal nutrition and intrauterine environment are reflected primarily in the growth parameters at the time of birth and during the first month of life, whereas genetic factors have a later influence.
We aimed at improvement of child health through identification and early detection and management of pathological causes of growth failure.
Our objectives were to describe the most common etiological factors of short stature in children attending to Suez Canal university hospital and to describe the pattern of short stature (severity, age, gender, distribution) among children attending Suez Canal university hospital.
We conducted a descriptive cross-sectional study among patients of Inpatient and outpatient Pediatric department in Suez Canal University hospital.