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Thursday, 29 August 2013

LINE OF TREATMENT IN SHORT STATURE OF KIDS

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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