PEDIATRIC MNEMONICS : DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS FOR SHORT STATURE

2:02:00 pm By MD ASHFAQ AHMED 1 comments

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS FOR SHORT STATURE:

                              ABCDEFG

A - Alone (neglected infant) 
B - Bone dysplasias (rickets, scoliosis, mucopolysaccharidoses) 
C - Chromosomal (Turner's, Down's) 
D - Delayed growth 
E - Endocrine (low growth hormone, Cushing's, hypothyroid) 
F - Familial 
G - GI malabsorption (celiac, Crohn's)


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MD ASHFAQ AHMED, Final year MBBS student, BRIMS, Bidar.


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