Background An 8.5-year-old boy was referred to a pediatric endocrinology clinic for evaluation of short stature. At birth, a chordee without hypospadius, 90-degree penile torsion and an undescended ...

Dilemmas in paediatrics: GPSI in paediatrics Dr David Capehorn explains how to assess children presenting with short stature and when referral should be considered Short stature is a well-recognized ...

Challenging the assumption that short stature negatively impacts children and adolescents' self-esteem, a new study by researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has found that in ...

A specific gene is particularly frequently involved in the development of short stature. Researchers in Germany have now discovered that sequences of genetic material on the X and Y chromosome that ...

African and Asian rainforest hunter-gatherers share short stature, and now an international team of researchers has shown that this is an example of convergent adaptation that may also be linked to ...

A recent study published in the Indian Journal of Pediatrics in January 2026 reveals that standard WHO growth charts ...

New research sifts through the entire genome of thousands of human subjects to look for genetic variation associated with height. The results of the study suggest that uncommon genetic deletions are ...

THE availability of an active, growth-promoting hormone, extracted from human pituitary glands, has added a potent, useful and in fact unique substance to the physician's therapeutic armamentarium.

Challenging the assumption that short stature negatively impacts children and adolescents' self-esteem, a new study by researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has found that in ...