[Growth check-ups as part of preventive medical examinations].
Failure to thrive as well as increased growth velocity may have different causes. Specific diagnostic evaluation has to be performed as soon as a delineation of the growth rate is observed. Examples are hypopituitarism, hypothyroidism, celiac disease in depressed growth or congenital adrenal hypoplasia or pubertas praecox in enhanced growth.
D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D007018:Hypopituitarism / Q000175:diagnosis; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000175:diagnosis; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D008286:Malabsorption Syndromes / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D011629:Puberty, Precocious / Q000209:etiology
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