TY - CHAP
T1 - Height velocity curves in normal and abnormal situations
T2 - Relationships between diseases - achondroplasia, cystic fibrosis, growth hormone deficiency and hypothyroidism
AU - Hoover-Fong, Julie
AU - Schulze, Kerry
AU - McGready, John
PY - 2012/1/1
Y1 - 2012/1/1
N2 - This chapter reviews our understanding of normal growth, with an emphasis on height velocity, in average stature children. It will also include discussion of landmarks of pubertal development as it relates to growth and growth velocity. Additional considerations to optimize growth assessment include appreciation of the differences between cross-sectional and longitudinal measurements, and the symmetry/congruence (or lack thereof) of growth parameters. Two variants of normal growth, familial short stature and constitutional growth delay, are also compared. Our understanding of growth and height velocity in average stature children is then compared to that of children with achondroplasia, a short stature skeletal dysplasia that dramatically limits linear growth through effects on the growth plates of bone that are essential for linear growth regulation. It will compare achondroplasia, whose growth defect cannot be overcome by current medical measures, to other growth-limiting conditions with graded responses to nutritional or medical interventions, including cystic fibrosis and growth hormone and thyroid hormone deficiencies. These conditions demonstrate the importance of obtaining height velocity measures and that nutritional insufficiency must be distinguished from congenital, constitutional, familial, and endocrine disorders to properly understand and address growth defects.
AB - This chapter reviews our understanding of normal growth, with an emphasis on height velocity, in average stature children. It will also include discussion of landmarks of pubertal development as it relates to growth and growth velocity. Additional considerations to optimize growth assessment include appreciation of the differences between cross-sectional and longitudinal measurements, and the symmetry/congruence (or lack thereof) of growth parameters. Two variants of normal growth, familial short stature and constitutional growth delay, are also compared. Our understanding of growth and height velocity in average stature children is then compared to that of children with achondroplasia, a short stature skeletal dysplasia that dramatically limits linear growth through effects on the growth plates of bone that are essential for linear growth regulation. It will compare achondroplasia, whose growth defect cannot be overcome by current medical measures, to other growth-limiting conditions with graded responses to nutritional or medical interventions, including cystic fibrosis and growth hormone and thyroid hormone deficiencies. These conditions demonstrate the importance of obtaining height velocity measures and that nutritional insufficiency must be distinguished from congenital, constitutional, familial, and endocrine disorders to properly understand and address growth defects.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-1-4419-1795-9_48
DO - 10.1007/978-1-4419-1795-9_48
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85025645192
SN - 9781441917942
SP - 813
EP - 827
BT - Handbook of Growth and Growth Monitoring in Health and Disease
PB - Springer New York
ER -