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Aetiology

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Causes include:

  • constitutional tall stature - ie tall parents
  • true precocious puberty
  • some chromosomal abnormalities - XXY, XYY
  • endocrine disease:
    • thyrotoxicosis
    • congenital adrenal hyperplasia
    • gonadal secreting tumours
  • hydrocephalus
  • Marfan syndrome
  • Homocystinuria
  • Sotos's syndrome
  • Beckwith syndrome
  • Weaver's syndrome

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