Author
1. Gupte Suraj
2. Singh Utpal Kant
3. Abdullah Shahid Afroz
ISBN
9788180612084
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/10707_6
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2004
Pages
6
Author Affiliations
1.
Maharaja Agrasen Medical College, Agroha, Hisar, India,
Mamata Medical College and General and Super Specialty Hospitals, Khammam, Telangana, India,
Mamata Medical College/Mamata General and Superspeciality Hospitals, Khammam, Telangana, South India,
Mamata Medical College/Mamata, General and Superspecialty Hospitals, Khammam, Telangana, India,
Postgraduate Department of Pediatrics Mamata Medical College and Hospital Khammam, Andhra Pradesh, India,
Mamata Medical College/Mamata General and Superspecialty Hospitals, Khammam 507002, Andhra Pradesh, India,
Mamata Medical College/Mamata General and Superspecialty Hospitals, Khammam, Andhra Pradesh, India,
Mamata Medical College and Hospitals, Khammam, Andhra Pradesh, India,
Narayana Medical College/Narayana General and Superspeciality Hospitals, Nellore 524002, AP, South India,
Narayana Medical College and Hospital, Nellore, AP, India,
Children’s Health Centre, Jammu, India,
Narayana Medical College and Hospitals, Nellore, AP, India,
Government Medical College
2.
Nalanda Medical College, Patna, Bihar, India,
Nalanda Medical College, Patna, India,
Patna Medical College, Patna (India),
Patna Medical College, Patna,
Patna Medical College, Patna, India,
Nalanda Medical College and Hospital, Patna, Bihar, India,
Nalanda Medical College, Patna, Bihar
3.
Institute of Child and Adolescent Health, London, United Kingdom
Chapter keywords
Tall stature,
Etiologic considerations of tall stature,
Causes of tall stature,
Fetal overgrowth leading to tall stature,
Postnatal overgrowth leading to childhood tall stature,
Causes of postnatal overgrowth,
Diagnostic approach of tall stature,
Differential diagnosis of tall stature,
Familial tall stature,
Marfan’s syndrome vis-a-vis homocystinuria,
Precocious and delayed puberty,
Cerebral gigantism,
Management of tall stature,
Indications for treatment of tall stature,
Treatment of tall stature with sex steroids,
Chronic sex steroid therapy
