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Orit Pinhas-Hamiel, MD; Anat Achiron, MD, PhD

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2002;156:1268-1270.

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Clinical Presentation: A 5-year-old girl of Ashkenazi origin was referred to our pediatric endocrine clinic because of short stature. The child generally had good health aside from several episodes of otitis media. She was born at term after a normal pregnancy and delivery; birth weight was 2400 g, and birth length was not recorded. There was no history of intrauterine infection, toxemia, or exposure to alcohol or drugs. Developmental milestones were achieved at appropriate chronologic ages. The father's height was 165 cm (third percentile); his first shave was at age 15 years. Maternal height was 157 cm (25th percentile); menarche was at age 12 years. Family history was unremarkable. The child's height was 92 cm, and her weight was 10 kg (both below the third percentile). She was growing consistently below the third percentile; the upper and lower ratios were within the reference . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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From the Pediatric Endocrine Clinic, Maccabi Health Care Services, Ramat-Hasharon (Dr Pinhas-Hamiel), and Pediatric Endocrine Unit and Neuroimmunology Unit, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Ramat-Gan (Drs Pinhas-Hamiel and Achiron), Israel.