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Familial Short Stature

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Familial Short Stature

  • See Also
  1. Short Stature
  2. Growth Assessment
  3. Growth Physiology
  • Signs
  1. Short parents
  2. Normal birth history and gestational weight
  3. Short Stature
    1. Normal Linear Growth Velocity for age
    2. Bone Age consistent with Chronological age
  4. Normal age for the onset of Puberty
  5. Absence of organic or psychologic disease
  • Evaluation
  1. See Short Stature
  2. See Growth Assessment
  3. Normal Growth Velocity (>5 cm/year)
  4. Normal Bone Age
  5. Projected height consistent with Midparental Height
  • Management
  1. Reassurance
  • References
  1. Caro (2025) Am Fam Physician 111(6): 532-42 [PubMed]