title: Early recognition of growth abnormalities permitting early intervention.
abstract: Normal growth is a sign of good health. Monitoring for growth disturbances is fundamental to children's health care. Early detection and diagnosis of the causes of short stature allows management of underlying medical conditions, optimizing attainment of good health and normal adult height.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This review summarizes currently available information on monitoring for short stature in children and conditions usually associated with short stature and summarizes the authors' conclusions on the early recognition of growth disorders.
authors.affiliation: Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Morey
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haymond
authors.forename: Anne-Marie
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Kappelgaard
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Czernichow
authors.forename: Beverly M K
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Biller
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takano
authors.forename: Wieland
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kiess
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001827:Body Height; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D002675:Child, Preschool; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D061345:Early Medical Intervention / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods; D011379:Prognosis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012737:Sex Factors; D013997:Time Factors