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Aetiology of primary short stature

Last reviewed dd mmm yyyy. Last edited dd mmm yyyy

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Primary short stature may be caused by:

  • skeletal dysplasias
  • chromosomal abnormalities
  • inborn errors of metabolism
  • intrauterine growth retardation, by any aetiology
  • miscellaneous syndromes, including the Russell-Silver Rubenstein-Taybi and Aarsog's syndromes
  • some texts consider genetic short stature as an aetiology here

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