Growth Disorders

Growth disorders in children or young people include any conditions that prevent them from meeting growth expectations, including failure to thrive in babies, failure to gain weight and height in young children, and short stature or delayed sexual development in young people.

Follow the links below to find information on growth disorders, or follow the link to the specific topic page below for information on the role and health effects of human growth hormones.

Reviewed May 2011

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Title:   Prader-Willi syndrome
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Prader-Willi syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that affects development and growth. Characteristics may include short stature, skeletal abnormalities, eye problems, intellectual disability and excessive eating, which often leads to obesity. There is no cure, but treatments can improve the child's quality of life.
Date:   May 2011
Title:   Dwarfism
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Dwarfism generally refers to a group of genetic disorders characterised by shorter than normal skeletal growth. Achondroplasia is the most common type of dwarfism. The majority of children born with this condition have average-sized parents. Abnormal skeletal growth is known as skeletal dysplasia.
Date:   Nov 2010
Title:   Suspected intrauterine growth restriction
Publisher:   Department of Health Western Australia
Description:   Diagnostic imaging algorithm for a fetus at risk of intra-uterine growth retardation.
Date:   Aug 2009
Title:   Developmental dysplasia of the hip
Publisher:   Department of Health Western Australia
Description:   Screening imaging algorithm for young infants to exclude developmental dysplasia of the hips.
Date:   Apr 2009
Title:   Physical Disabilities
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to information about physical disabilities.
Date:   Sep 2008
Title:   Pituitary dwarfism (growth hormone deficiency, panhypopituitarism)
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of pituitary dwarfism by professional health specialists.
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Recombinant growth hormone for children and adolescents with Turner syndrome
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Turner syndrome (TS) is a genetic disorder affecting the sexual development and appearance of girls and women. Women with TS are much shorter than other women (by about 21 cm or eight inches). To try to overcome slow growth, recombinant growth hormone (...
Date:   Jul 2006

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