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Growth Disorders

MedGen UID:
5389
Concept ID:
C0018273
Pathologic Function
Synonyms: Disorder, Growth; Growth Disorder; Growth, Stunted; Stunted Growth; Stunting; Stuntings

Definition

Deviations from the average values for a specific age and sex in any or all of the following: height, weight, skeletal proportions, osseous development, or maturation of features. Included here are both acceleration and retardation of growth. [from MeSH]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Mauras N, Ross J, Mericq V
Endocr Rev 2023 Jan 12;44(1):1-13. doi: 10.1210/endrev/bnac014. PMID: 35639981
Zhou E, Hauser BR, Jee YH
Curr Opin Pediatr 2021 Aug 1;33(4):458-463. doi: 10.1097/MOP.0000000000001033. PMID: 34101704Free PMC Article
Wolff H, Fischer TW, Blume-Peytavi U
Dtsch Arztebl Int 2016 May 27;113(21):377-86. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2016.0377. PMID: 27504707Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Nijjar JK, Stafford D
Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes 2019 Feb;26(1):32-38. doi: 10.1097/MED.0000000000000461. PMID: 30507697
Linglart A, Merzoug V, Lambert AS, Adamsbaum C
Ann Endocrinol (Paris) 2017 Jun;78(2):114-122. Epub 2017 May 8 doi: 10.1016/j.ando.2017.04.011. PMID: 28495326
Fuente R, Gil-Peña H, Claramunt-Taberner D, Hernández O, Fernández-Iglesias A, Alonso-Durán L, Rodríguez-Rubio E, Santos F
Rev Endocr Metab Disord 2017 Mar;18(1):107-115. doi: 10.1007/s11154-017-9408-1. PMID: 28130634
de Onis M, Branca F
Matern Child Nutr 2016 May;12 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):12-26. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12231. PMID: 27187907Free PMC Article
Zimmermann MB
Endocr Rev 2009 Jun;30(4):376-408. Epub 2009 May 21 doi: 10.1210/er.2009-0011. PMID: 19460960

Diagnosis

Chiarelli F
Minerva Pediatr 2020 Dec;72(6):449-451. Epub 2020 Jul 29 doi: 10.23736/S0026-4946.20.06018-1. PMID: 32731737
Valdes A, Cervantes J, Delgado Y, Valdes M, Granados H
Pediatr Ann 2018 Jan 1;47(1):e29-e35. doi: 10.3928/19382359-20171215-02. PMID: 29323694
Taylor-Miller T, Simm PJ
Aust Fam Physician 2017 Dec;46(12):913-917. PMID: 29464228
Kiess W, Penke M, Pfäffle R, Körner A, Kratzsch J
J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 2015 Sep;28(9-10):971-3. doi: 10.1515/jpem-2015-0321. PMID: 26353173
Ambler G
Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 Sep;16(3):519-46. doi: 10.1053/beem.2002.0207. PMID: 12464232

Therapy

Antoniazzi F, Cavarzere P, Gaudino R
Minerva Endocrinol 2015 Jun;40(2):129-43. PMID: 25734895
Poindexter B
World Rev Nutr Diet 2014;110:228-38. Epub 2014 Apr 11 doi: 10.1159/000358471. PMID: 24751633
Bhutta ZA, Das JK, Rizvi A, Gaffey MF, Walker N, Horton S, Webb P, Lartey A, Black RE; Lancet Nutrition Interventions Review Group, the Maternal and Child Nutrition Study Group
Lancet 2013 Aug 3;382(9890):452-477. Epub 2013 Jun 6 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60996-4. PMID: 23746776
Joshi N, Rajeshwari K
J Postgrad Med 2009 Oct-Dec;55(4):296-300. doi: 10.4103/0022-3859.58942. PMID: 20083885
Keating GM
BioDrugs 2008;22(3):177-88. doi: 10.2165/00063030-200822030-00004. PMID: 18481900

Prognosis

Hawkes G, Yengo L, Vedantam S, Marouli E, Beaumont RN; GIANT Consortium, Tyrrell J, Weedon MN, Hirschhorn J, Frayling TM, Wood AR
PLoS Genet 2023 Sep;19(9):e1010934. Epub 2023 Sep 21 doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010934. PMID: 37733769Free PMC Article
Schilbach K, Bidlingmaier M
Arch Endocrinol Metab 2019 Nov-Dec;63(6):618-629. doi: 10.20945/2359-3997000000192. PMID: 31939487Free PMC Article
Taylor-Miller T, Simm PJ
Aust Fam Physician 2017 Dec;46(12):913-917. PMID: 29464228
Kozin SH, Zlotolow DA
J Hand Surg Am 2015 Oct;40(10):2090-8. Epub 2015 Sep 1 doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2015.03.033. PMID: 26341718
Savage MO, Beattie RM, Camacho-Hübner C, Walker-Smith JA, Sanderson IR
Acta Paediatr Suppl 1999 Feb;88(428):89-92. doi: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1999.tb14360.x. PMID: 10102061

Clinical prediction guides

Vaivada T, Akseer N, Akseer S, Somaskandan A, Stefopulos M, Bhutta ZA
Am J Clin Nutr 2020 Sep 14;112(Suppl 2):777S-791S. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqaa159. PMID: 32860401Free PMC Article
Kalafat E, Khalil A
Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol 2018 Dec;30(6):344-354. doi: 10.1097/GCO.0000000000000490. PMID: 30299319
Murray PG, Stevens A, De Leonibus C, Koledova E, Chatelain P, Clayton PE
JCI Insight 2018 Apr 5;3(7) doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.93247. PMID: 29618660Free PMC Article
Giuliani F, Cheikh Ismail L, Bertino E, Bhutta ZA, Ohuma EO, Rovelli I, Conde-Agudelo A, Villar J, Kennedy SH
Am J Clin Nutr 2016 Feb;103(2):635S-47S. Epub 2016 Jan 20 doi: 10.3945/ajcn.114.106310. PMID: 26791186Free PMC Article
Prentice AM, Darboe MK
Nestle Nutr Workshop Ser Pediatr Program 2008;61:197-210. doi: 10.1159/000113495. PMID: 18196953

Recent systematic reviews

Gusnedi G, Nindrea RD, Purnakarya I, Umar HB, Andrafikar, Syafrawati, Asrawati, Susilowati A, Novianti, Masrul, Lipoeto NI
Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 2023;32(2):184-195. doi: 10.6133/apjcn.202306_32(2).0001. PMID: 37382316
Katoch OR
Nutrition 2022 Apr;96:111565. Epub 2021 Dec 11 doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2021.111565. PMID: 35066367
Thurstans S, Sessions N, Dolan C, Sadler K, Cichon B, Isanaka S, Roberfroid D, Stobaugh H, Webb P, Khara T
Matern Child Nutr 2022 Jan;18(1):e13246. Epub 2021 Sep 5 doi: 10.1111/mcn.13246. PMID: 34486229Free PMC Article
Vaivada T, Akseer N, Akseer S, Somaskandan A, Stefopulos M, Bhutta ZA
Am J Clin Nutr 2020 Sep 14;112(Suppl 2):777S-791S. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqaa159. PMID: 32860401Free PMC Article
Beal T, Tumilowicz A, Sutrisna A, Izwardy D, Neufeld LM
Matern Child Nutr 2018 Oct;14(4):e12617. Epub 2018 May 17 doi: 10.1111/mcn.12617. PMID: 29770565Free PMC Article

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