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dwarfism (nanism)
Condition of being abnormally small.
Etiology:
1) growth hormone deficiency
2) nutritional deficiency
3) renal insufficiency
4) osteochondrodysplasia
Laboratory:
- serum growth hormone
Radiology:
- whole body X-ray in affected newborns
Management:
- treat underlying etiology
Related
short stature
Specific
Cockayne syndrome
dyssegmental dysplasia Silverman-Handmaker type (DDSH)
Jansen-type metaphyseal chondrodysplasia
Laron dwarfism; pituitary dwarfism 2; Laron-type pituitary dwarfism 1 (LTD1); Laron syndrome (LS)
mesomelic dwarfism
metatropic dwarfism type 2 (Kniest dysplasia, Kniest syndrome)
microcephalic osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism
Mulibrey nanism (muscle-liver-brain-eye nanism, pericardial constriction & growth failure)
trichothiodystrophy (TTD)
General
chronic endocrine disease
developmental bone disorder