When examined further, causes for short stature within this group of children included familial short stature (37%), constitutional delay (27%), a combination of familial short stature and constitutional delay (17%), other medical causes (10%), idiopathic [emedicine.medscape.com]

Children with short stature in whom no specific cause is identified may be diagnosed with idiopathic short stature. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Short stature may be a normal expression of a person's genetic potential and, therefore, the growth rate is normal. Short stature may also be a result of a condition that causes growth failure and a growth rate that is slower than normal. [emedicinehealth.com]

Key Points to Remember Key Points to Remember Short stature describes children who are in the third percentile or less on the pediatric growth chart. Most of the time, there is no medical cause for short stature. [rileychildrens.org]

Muinck Keizer-Schrama SM: [Consensus 'diagnosis of short stature in children.' National Organization for Quality Assurance in Hospitals]. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 1998, 142: 2519-2525. 4. [bmcpediatr.biomedcentral.com]

Prevalence of small for gestational age (SGA) and short stature in children born SGA who qualify for growth hormone treatment at 3 years of age: population-based study. [scielo.br]

Clinical science Summary Short stature in children is defined as a height that is at least two standard deviations below the mean for children of the same age and sex. [amboss.com]

Isolated central hypothyroidism is an uncommon disorder associated with short stature in children presenting with low free T4 and normal or low serum TSH concentrations without other evidence of pituitary disease. [intechopen.com]

[…] discrepancy or hip contracture, significant leg length discrepancy or growth abnormality of a bone segment, striae rubrae, subcutaneous atrophy resulting from intraarticular corticosteroid injection, growth failure, [7] pubertal delay, diabetes mellitus and amyloidosis [legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

wound healing 8-Impaired intellectual development 9-Altered behavior 11 CLASSIFICATION OF MALNUTRITION 12 marasmus Severe protein-energy malnutrition in children usually leads to marasmus, with a weight for height more than 3 standard deviations below [slideplayer.com]

In addition, there may be: • a ‘flaky-paint’ skin rash with hyperkeratosis (thickened skin) and desquamation • a distended abdomen and enlarged liver (usually due to fatty infiltration) • angular stomatitis • hair which is sparse and depigmented 15 diarrhoea [slideplayer.com]