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Reduced arm span

MedGen UID:
868336
•Concept ID:
C4022730
•
Anatomical Abnormality
HPO: HP:0012770

Definition

Decreased length of the arm span (length from one end of an individual's arms measured at the fingertips to the other when raised parallel to the ground at shoulder height at a one-hundred eighty degree angle). [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVReduced arm span

Professional guidelines

PubMed

The SHOX gene and the short stature. Roundtable on diagnosis and treatment of short stature due to SHOX haploinsufficiency: how genetics, radiology and anthropometry can help the pediatrician in the diagnostic process Padova (April 20th, 2011).
De Sanctis V, Tosetto I, Iughetti L, Antoniazzi F, Clementi M, Toffolutti T, Facchin P, Monti E, Pisanello L, Tonini G, Greggio NA
Pediatr Endocrinol Rev 2012 Aug;9(4):727-33. PMID: 23304810
Arm span, serum IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 levels as screening parameters for the diagnosis of growth hormone deficiency in patients with myelomeningocele--preliminary data.
Trollmann R, Strehl E, Wenzel D, Dörr HG
Eur J Pediatr 1998 Jun;157(6):451-5. doi: 10.1007/s004310050851. PMID: 9667397

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Final height, armspan, subischial leg length and body proportions in juvenile chronic arthritis. A long-term follow-up study.
Zak M, Müller J, Karup Pedersen F
Horm Res 1999;52(2):80-5. doi: 10.1159/000023439. PMID: 10681637
Arm span, serum IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 levels as screening parameters for the diagnosis of growth hormone deficiency in patients with myelomeningocele--preliminary data.
Trollmann R, Strehl E, Wenzel D, Dörr HG
Eur J Pediatr 1998 Jun;157(6):451-5. doi: 10.1007/s004310050851. PMID: 9667397

Diagnosis

The SHOX gene and the short stature. Roundtable on diagnosis and treatment of short stature due to SHOX haploinsufficiency: how genetics, radiology and anthropometry can help the pediatrician in the diagnostic process Padova (April 20th, 2011).
De Sanctis V, Tosetto I, Iughetti L, Antoniazzi F, Clementi M, Toffolutti T, Facchin P, Monti E, Pisanello L, Tonini G, Greggio NA
Pediatr Endocrinol Rev 2012 Aug;9(4):727-33. PMID: 23304810
Arm span, serum IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 levels as screening parameters for the diagnosis of growth hormone deficiency in patients with myelomeningocele--preliminary data.
Trollmann R, Strehl E, Wenzel D, Dörr HG
Eur J Pediatr 1998 Jun;157(6):451-5. doi: 10.1007/s004310050851. PMID: 9667397

Prognosis

Final height, armspan, subischial leg length and body proportions in juvenile chronic arthritis. A long-term follow-up study.
Zak M, Müller J, Karup Pedersen F
Horm Res 1999;52(2):80-5. doi: 10.1159/000023439. PMID: 10681637

Clinical prediction guides

The SHOX gene and the short stature. Roundtable on diagnosis and treatment of short stature due to SHOX haploinsufficiency: how genetics, radiology and anthropometry can help the pediatrician in the diagnostic process Padova (April 20th, 2011).
De Sanctis V, Tosetto I, Iughetti L, Antoniazzi F, Clementi M, Toffolutti T, Facchin P, Monti E, Pisanello L, Tonini G, Greggio NA
Pediatr Endocrinol Rev 2012 Aug;9(4):727-33. PMID: 23304810
Final height, armspan, subischial leg length and body proportions in juvenile chronic arthritis. A long-term follow-up study.
Zak M, Müller J, Karup Pedersen F
Horm Res 1999;52(2):80-5. doi: 10.1159/000023439. PMID: 10681637

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