title: Short stature: a common feature in Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
abstract: In a retrospective growth evaluation, which included parental height, birth length and a longitudinal analysis of growth and bone maturation, it has been shown that short stature is a common finding in Duchenne muscular dystrophy already in an early or even preclinical stage. Normal length and weight at birth, slow subsequent growth with a curve crossing the centiles in the 1st years of life, and normal bone maturation are characteristic of this type of short stature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Eiholzer
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Boltshauser
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Frey
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Molinari
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zachmann
mesh_terms: D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005808:Genes, Recessive; D006128:Growth; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014960:X Chromosome