title: [Growth disorders in the child].
abstract: The ability to interpret growth of a child is dependent on the availability of earlier data of the child and of data concerning the family. Most important is the recording of growth data on a growth chart by the family doctor or the paediatrician. In addition, parental height allows the calculation of the patients target height. The exact interpretation of bone age using a x-ray of the hand is imperative. The most common "disturbances of growth" are variants of the norm, like familial short stature or retardation of growth and development, or--not rarely--a combination of both. A simple flow sheet is helpful in determining if further endocrine investigation are needed.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Kinderklinik Zürich.
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Schoenle
mesh_terms: D000365:Age Determination by Skeleton; D001827:Body Height; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values