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Growth patterns in patients with unoperated congenital vertebral anomaly
Published in:
Stud Health Technol Inform, Vol: 91, Page: 101-3
Publication Date:
2002
Aims & Objectives:
The aim of this study was to describe growth patterns in patients with unoperated congenital vertebral anomaly
Abstract:
Retrospective analysis of height and weight data recorded during routine clinic visits of children with congenital vertebral anomaly were related to decimal age and compared with national centiles. Individuals were dropped from the study at surgery. Growth followed a normal trajectory until puberty, although girls tended to be smaller than average. At puberty, they lagged behind their peers and at maturity were shorter than average. This does not appear to be a hormonal problem, and suggests a fundamental failure of growth.
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Study Type:
Study Papers » Case Study » Descriptive Studies - Without a comparision
Categories:
congenital vertebral anomaly
International Classification:
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities - congenital vertebral anomaly
Keywords:
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Body Height/ physiology
- Body Weight/ physiology
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Disease Progression
- Dwarfism/congenital/physiopathology/surgery
- Female
- Humans
- Longitudinal Studies
- Male
- Puberty/physiology
- Reference Values
- Spine/ abnormalities/physiopathology/surgery
Geography:
Republic of Ireland (Dublin)