How are children's growth problems diagnosed?
Members of the Child Growth Foundation were surveyed to ascertain how children's growth problems were diagnosed. For many (46%) it was the parents who first expressed a concern about the child's growth. Routine height monitoring detected only 8%. Parents consulted a doctor promptly when worried, but there were often delays between the first medical consultation and referral to a hospital consultant. Many parents reported that their concerns were not taken seriously.
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D000293:Adolescent; D001827:Body Height / Q000502:physiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000172:deficiency / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D014424:Turner Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology
D013006:Growth Hormone