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Diagnoses after diagnostic workup of short stature. |
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General hospital |
Total |
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| Children < 3 years |
Children > 3 years |
Children < 3 years |
Children > 3 years |
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| CR |
NCR |
NC |
CR |
NCR |
NC |
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| n = 30 |
n = 284 |
n = 63 |
n = 21 |
n = 29 |
n = 85 |
n = 24 |
n = 6 |
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n (%) |
n (%) |
n (%) |
n (%) |
n (%) |
n (%) |
n (%) |
n = 542 (%) |
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| GHD |
1 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
| CD |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
| Turner |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| Other pathology |
4 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
| Total pathology |
5 (16.7) |
14 (5.2) |
1 (5.7) |
0 (0) |
3 (10.3) |
3 (3.4) |
0 (0.0) |
1 (16.7) |
27 (5.0) |
| SGA only |
4 (13.3) |
54 (20.1) |
3 (3.5) |
4 (18.2) |
1 (3.4) |
13 (14.9) |
0 (0.0) |
1 (16.7) |
80 (14.8) |
| Idiopathic |
21 (70) |
216 (74.7) |
59 (90.8) |
17 (81.8) |
25 (86.2) |
69 (81.6) |
24 (92.1) |
4 (66.8) |
435 (80.2) |
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CR = Correctly referred; NCR = Not correctly referred; NC = Not classifiable (information to confirm CR was lacking); SGA = Small for gestational age (with persistent short stature after two years); GHD = Growth hormone deficiency; CD = Celiac disease | |||||||||
Grote et al. BMC Pediatrics 2008 8:21 doi:10.1186/1471-2431-8-21 |
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