Disorders of Puberty: An Approach to Diagnosis and Management - American Family Physician
Nov 1, 2017 - Disorders of puberty can profoundly impact physical and psychosocial well-being. Precocious puberty is pubertal onset before eight years of age in girls and before nine years of age in boys. Patients with early isolated pubertal changes, prepubertal linear growth, and no worrisome ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2017/1101/p590.html
Evaluation of Short and Tall Stature in Children - American Family Physician
Jul 1, 2015 - Short stature is defined as a height more than two standard deviations below the mean for age (less than the 3rd percentile). Tall stature is defined as a height more than two standard deviations above the mean for age (greater than the 97th percentile). The initial evaluation of short ...
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https://www.aafp.org/afp/2015/0701/p43.html
Evaluation of Short and Tall Stature in Children - American Family Physician
Sep 1, 2008 - Children and adolescents whose heights and growth velocities deviate from the normal percentiles on standard growth charts present a special challenge to physicians. Height that is less than the 3rd percentile or greater than the 97th percentile is deemed short or tall stature, ...
American Family Physician : Article
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2008/0901/p597.html
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