Growth check-ups as part of preventive medical examinations
Butenandt, O.
Fortschritte der Medizin 100(34): 1551-1556
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0015-8178 PMID: 7129318 Document Number: 192162
Failure to thrive as well as increased growth velocity may have different causes. Specific diagnostic evaluation has to be performed as soon as a delineation of the growth rate is observed. Examples are hypopituitarism, hypothyroidism, celiac disease in depressed growth or congenital adrenal hypoplasia or pubertas praecox in enhanced growth.