Height Normal: Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes for Height Normal

Stickler Syndrome Type 1

In previous reports height was reported to be normal in most patients [5, 6]. [hindawi.com]

Study by Beals reported slender extremities, long fingers, and normal height as body habitus of STL patients. [hindawi.com]

Glycogen Storage Disease Type 9

All of the symptoms usually improve as the child ages, and most adults are of normal height. [mda.org.au]

Typically, individuals catch up developmentally, and adults reach normal height. [ghr.nlm.nih.gov]

Stickler Syndrome Type 2

Height: 1.55 m, straightened lumbar lordosis, hypermobile joints. None 1/II-3 36 y wt/R507X 1.2/1.2 Plano Clear lens, normal vitreous, normal fundi, OCT: normal. [iovs.arvojournals.org]

Height: 1.50 m, normal facial features, dysarthric speech, bilateral pes plano valgus, hypoplasia of the lateral femoral condyles, no hypermobile joints. [iovs.arvojournals.org]

OCT: normal. [iovs.arvojournals.org]

Familial Short Stature

Other tubular bone parameters, however, were normal. Sitting height/height ratios were in normal ranges and comparable in FSS and the control group. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Birth related causes vs. postnatal causes Is height growth chart normal? [learn.pediatrics.ubc.ca]

Midparental height of our total population of short children was less than the mean midparental height of normal American children. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

SHOX-Related Short Stature

Children with familial short stature have normal growth spurts and enter puberty at a normal age. They typically reach an adult height similar to that of their parents. [emedicinehealth.com]

It doesn't always run in the family – many children with achondroplasia have parents of normal height. [nhs.uk]

Children with growth hormone deficiency respond very well to somatropin and may be able to reach a relatively normal adult height. [nhsdirect.wales.nhs.uk]

Growth Hormone Deficiency

The primary goal of rhGH treatment in GHD patients is to normalize height during childhood and adolescence and attain an adult height within the normal range and within the [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The thyroid hormone level was normal and coeliac disease markers were negative. Bone age was considerably delayed. Target height was normal (0.5 SDS). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

If untreated, GH deficiency can cause a child to not reach his or her normal adult height. [urmc.rochester.edu]

X-Linked Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism without Anosmia

Gonadotropin deficiency frequently manifests in puberty, when boys present with eunuchoid body proportions but normal height, a high-pitched voice, prepubertal testes, and [symptoma.com]

Pituitary Dwarfism

Their parents were of normal height. All the affected children had features of classical isolated growth hormone deficiency. No hypoglycaemic attacks were noted. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The DNA of 100 individuals with normal height, normal karyotype, and no specific disorders was used as a control. [dx.doi.org]

By age 18, boys reach an average height of 51 in (130 cm) compared with a normal average height of 64 in (162 cm). [the-medical-dictionary.com]

Russell-Silver Syndrome

At follow-up, five of the 15 patients exhibited late catch-up growth and had normal height, six had developmental delays or mental retardation, and asymmetry was present in [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

For RSS and non-RSS/SGA patients, the prospect for a normal life with a normal adult height is closer than ever before. [coltongeorge.com]

Age at onset of puberty was normal, but height at onset of puberty was lower than normal means. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Precocious Puberty

Height and weight were within the normal range for age. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] in the high normal range (90-97th centile). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Final adult height is normal. [pedclerk.bsd.uchicago.edu]

Weaver Syndrome

We report a girl with Weaver syndrome whose final height predictions were within normal limits according to the standard prediction models, who had to be eventually treated [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Their adult height is normal as well. Treatment - Weaver syndrome There is no cure available for Weaver syndrome. [checkorphan.org]

[…] lifespan. [12] Their adult height is normal as well. [ipfs.io]

Familial Testotoxicosis

[…] the predicted height in boys with familial male-limited precocious puberty. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

However, both therapies showed limited efficacy in attaining normal adult height. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] of the BA/CA ratio, which enabled our patient to achieve an adult stature even taller than target height. [hormones.gr]

Achondroplasia

‘Since achondroplasia affects mainly cartilaginous bones (arms and legs), the sitting height is normal while the standing height is short.’ [en.oxforddictionaries.com]

This is evident in patients’ sitting height, which is within the normal range. [healthhype.com]

Signs and Symptoms In people with achondroplasia, following symptoms are seen: Low standing height Normal sitting height Delay in the development of motor skills (like head [healthhype.com]

Kissing Spine

It is characterized by enlargement of the posterior spinous processes of the lumbar spine, with normal intervertebral disc height and neuroforamina. [en.wikipedia.org]

It is characterized by enlargement of the posterior spinous projections of the lumbar spine, with normal intervertebral disc height and neuroforamina. [icd.codes]

Disproportionate Short Stature - Ptosis - Valvular Heart Lesions

Puberty usually occurs early, leading to a near-normal height. 19 Enlarge Print Table 6. [aafp.org]

Height velocity may be normal or low. [endocrinologyadvisor.com]

Although birth length is usually normal, final adult height approaches the lower limit of normal. [egl-eurofins.com]

Laron Syndrome

The boy, a product of non-consanguineous Slovenian parents of normal height, presented with slow growth and motor development since birth. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

However, she did not experience appropriate catch-up growth, and at the age of 15 years, her height was 129.8 cm, 4.71SDs below the median for normal height (Figure 1 ). [doi.org]

At the age of 15 years, she was 129.8 cm tall, which is 4.71 SDs below the median for normal height at her age. [doi.org]

Central Precocious Puberty

The patient did not receive medical care for his precocious pubertal development, because of adequate height prognosis, and reached normal height for both his target height [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

At 7 years of age the girl presented central precocious puberty, height velocity further increased, but her near-final height was normal. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Each patient's height and weight were normal at the most recent follow-up (9-11 years after surgery), and none had experienced learning difficulties. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

1q21.1 Microduplication Syndrome

Muenke Syndrome

Endosteal Hyperostosis

Affected patients have normal height, proportion, intelligence and longevity. [uniprot.org]

Clinical examination showed a man of normal height and normal phenotype. He had normal sclera, teeth and hearing. [jmedicalcasereports.biomedcentral.com]

Hypertensive Nephropathy

related to anthropometrical parameters (height, weight, body mass index, body surface area, right and left kidney length, -width, -depth, -volume, -resistance index (RI) [elib.tiho-hannover.de]

It was found that the healthy kidney donors’ normal kidney volume (cm3) can be estimated by multiplying their own body weight (kg) by 2. [elib.tiho-hannover.de]

By analyzing 83 healthy kidney donors with doppler ultrasound, this study establishes, for the first time, a reliable standard measure estimation for the size of normal kidneys [elib.tiho-hannover.de]

Gigantism

Insufficient stimulation of skeletal growth, resulting from hormonal, metabolic, or nutritional disturbances, leads to reduced height with normal body proportions. [accessscience.com]

Symptoms• Pretty big people (usually two standard deviations above normal height should be)• Delayed puberty• Double vision or difficulty with side vision 3. • Headaches• [slideshare.net]

Sotos Syndrome Type 1

However, adult height is usually in the normal range.People with Sotos syndrome often have intellectual disability, and most also have behavioral problems. [malacards.org]

Final body height is difficult to predict but growth in height tends to normalize after puberty. References 1. [ojrd.biomedcentral.com]

However, adult height is usually in the normal range. People with Sotos syndrome often have intellectual disability, and most also have behavioral problems. [medlineplus.gov]

Retinitis pigmentosa 18

The vital signs were within normal limits. Physical examination showed: height 156 cm, weight 77.6 kg, and severe obesity of head, trunk, and limbs. [scielo.br]

Physical development was within the normal range of chronological age, but mental development was lagged behind the normal range. [scielo.br]

Variants of Klinefelter Syndrome

[…] and have normal intelligence. [onlinelibrary.wiley.com]

[…] levels, sometimes gynecomastia, normal to reduced body height, and a normal to slightly reduced intelligence level [Demirhan et al., 2009]. [karger.com]

Men with an additional isochromosome Xq show infertility and other minor features of 'normal' KS but not an increased height. [pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Pseudoachondroplasia

Interestingly, their parents were of normal height, thus suggesting a somatic or germline mutation. [ijoonline.com]

Height is normal at birth but then goes into the less than fifth percentile by age 2 Short extremities Misalignment of the lower extremities with bowing on one side and knock [hopkinsmedicine.org]

The phenotypes were characterized according to height deviation (cm) from normal, lower extremity mechanical axis deviation (MAD), cervical and thoracolumbar spine involvement [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Hypochondroplasia

[…] within the normal range. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The child needs a multispeciality/multidisciplinary approach: He might not reach normal height. There is no specific treatment for that. [icliniq.com]

[…] to growth hormone (GH) therapy with an increase in spinal length and, coupled with a surgical leg-lengthening procedure, it is possible for some patients to achieve adult heights [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Isolated Growth Hormone Deficiency Type 2

At present, patients suffering from IGHD-2 are treated with daily injections of recombinant human GH (rhGH) in order to reach normal height. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The earlier the treatment for growth hormone deficiency is started, the better chance the child will have of attaining her normal or near-normal adult height. [childrenshospital.org]

It is now clear from large databases 21–23 that GH-deficient children treated with GH are frequently achieving adult heights in the normal adult range. [touchendocrinology.com]

Anorchia

Both boys ended up however, with a similar and normal (near) adult height and weight and experienced a normal development of secondary sex characteristics. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

A and B ended up with a similar and normal final height, weight, arm span and sitting height. Secondary sexual characteristics developed normally in both brothers. [bone-abstracts.org]

Conclusions: In conclusion, a low dose testosterone substitution in bilateral anorchia led to a normal onset of pubertal development and (near) adult height. [biblio.ugent.be]

Leukocyte Adhesion Deficiency Type 3

Weight and height progression was normal. [elsevier.es]