LINE OF TREATMENT IN
SHORT STATURE OF KIDS
General: Good
balanced diet, wormicidals, hematinics, zinc
Growth hormone
deficiency: Replacement therapy
Hypothyroidism:
Replacement therapy
Turner syndrome:
Low dose estrogens, anabolic steroids
Systemic diseases:
Specific therapy.
Idiopathic (ISS):
Zinc supplementation
Skeletal dysplasia:
Limb lengthening surgery possible through expensive and risky.
Familial and IUGR:
No treatment
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