Short Stature
Medline Plus, National Library of Medicine, February 14, 2007
 [Support Group]
A relative term used in referring to any person that is more than two standard deviations below the average height (approximately in the shortest 5%) for a person of the same age and sex ...
Short stature may be a symptom caused by a medical condition and, as many of these conditions are treatable, should be evaluated by a health care provider.
Common causes:
- familial short stature ...
- delayed puberty ...
- ... hypothyroidism ...
- achondroplasia ...
- Noonan syndrome ...
There may be other causes of short stature ... Furthermore, the causes may vary based on age and gender of the affected person ...
The Billy Barty Foundation
Billy Barty, Founder
[Support Group]
I am a dwarf. This means I was born with a medically recognized condition ... The name of my condition is Cartilage Hair Syndrome Hypoplasia ...
Most of us with dwarfism prefer to be described as "Little People". And please, put the emphasis on the word "People." ...
Dwarfism is a condition that affects over 1.5 million people in the U.S. alone, and there are over 100 different types of dwarfism. Most Little People are born to families with NO HISTORY of dwarfism ... We endure everything from job discrimination and reduced social opportunities to physical abuse and open public ridicule on a daily basis ...
The Billy Barty Foundation's mission is to guarantee an acceptable and improved quality of life for Little People through education, employment, accessibility and athletic programs ...
LPA Online ( Little People of America )
Little People of America
[Support Group]
There are an estimated 200 types, some of which have never even been named ...
Of the estimated 200 types of dwarfism, achondroplasia is by far the most common ...
General information guide to short stature (Australia).
Short Statured People of Australia Inc. May 29, 2007
[Support Group]
Diagnosis
- Examination, X - rays, Blood tests, Urine tests, Biopsy
Babies and young children ...
F,mily response ...
School ...
Higher education ...
Teenage years ...
Employment ...
A non - profit, self - help organization that provides support and information for people of short stature (dwarfs) …
Our aim is to assimilate people of short stature into society …
Limb - lengthening using IM nails has satisfactory outcomes
American Academy of Orthopaedic SurgeonsSaturday, March 18, 2000
[for Professionals mainly]
The Ilizarov fixator, a circular frame and tensioned wires, has many benefits that accelerate bone union through early weight bearing and allows correction of angulation, translation and rotation during the lengthening period, the researchers said. However, there are disadvantages such as pin site infection, limitation of joint motion by soft tissue fixation, patient discomfort because of bulky size and greater risk of neurovascular injury, they said.
Developed by J.M. Guichet, MD, in 1986, the GEN diaphyseal lengthening system gradually lengthens long bone using an intramedullary nail ...
Limb shortening for the management of leg length discrepancy
Cristiano Coppola, et al. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Aberdeen Medical School, Aberdeen, Scotland, February 1999
[for Professionals mainly]
Limb shortening is an option to manage leg length discrepancy ... between 2 and 5 cm can be corrected by epiphyseodesis (open or closed) or stapling ... In skeletally mature patients, shortening of the femur is considered safer ...
The Magic Foundation for Children's Growth and Related Adult Disorders
Magic Foundation ( Major Aspects of Growth In Children ), 2007
[Support Group]
Institute for Limb Lengthening, Reconstruction, and Realignment of New York
Hospital for Joint Diseases, Mount Sinai NYU Health, 2000
[Support Group]
There are many reasons why children may suffer from a deformed leg or arm …
Children, adolescents and adults with limb length inequalities and upper and lower extremity deformities will be treated in a specialized unit …
Computerized deformity analysis and treatment as well as a hands-on approach to the overall care of these patients are utilized …
Ilizarov's Method and New approaches in limb lengthening
Mehmet Cakmak, M.D. et al.
[Support Group] [Illustrated]
CENTRE FOR ILIZAROV TECHNIQUES
CFIT-INDIA, 2003
[Support Group]
Over the last 10 years, more than 1400 operations in almost 1000 patients have been done using the Ilizarov Techniques at this Centre …
The International Skeletal Dysplasia Registry
Cedars - Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
The International Skeletal Dysplasia Registry at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is a referral center for research into the diagnosis, management, and etiology of the skeletal dysplasias ...
Types of Dwarfism ( links to OMIM )
LPA Medical Resource Center, 2003
Compiled from the Human Genome Database
875 various types of dwarfism and dysplasia
320 Dwarfism types ...
555 Dysplasia types ...
International Skeletal Dysplasia Society
International Skeletal Dysplasia Society
The principal aim of the Society shall be to promote scientific progress in the field of skeletal dysplasias and dysostoses ...
LPA Online
Little People of America
The Library ...
L'Association qu?b?coise des personnes de petite taille (Canada)
AQPPT, November 27, 2006
[Support Group] [French]
Growth Retardation in Children
I.B.I.S. Birth Defects, 2005
[Ukrainian]
A fact sheet for specialists in Ukrainian
Growth regulation ... Prevalence ... Ethnic peculiarities ... Growth control ... Diagnosis ... Treatment ... Prognosis ... Mutant genes ...
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