Delayed bone age
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A generalised retardation in skeletal maturation has different causative or aetiological factors, these can be classified as follows:
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chronic ill health
- congenital heart disease (especially cyanotic)
- chronic renal disease
- inflammatory bowel disease
- malnutrition: failure to thrive (FTT)
- rickets
- maternal deprivation
- intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR)
- infant of toxaemic mother
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endocrine disorders
- hypothyroidism: cretinism
- hypopituitarism with growth hormone deficiency (e.g. idiopathic, craniopharyngioma)
- hypogonadism (e.g. Turner syndrome)
- Cushing disease
- diabetes: juvenile
- Addison disease (adrenal insufficiency): uncommon
- hypoparathyroidism: uncommon
- chromosomal disorders
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congenital disorders
- congenital syndromes of dwarfism or mental retardation
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neurologic disorders
- cerebral hypoplasia
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others: (normal variation)
- small for gestational age neonate
- idiopathic:
familialConstitutional delay in growth and puberty [Familial short stature is associated with a normal bone age]
See also
-<li><a href="/articles/edward-syndrome">trisomy 18</a></li>- +<li><a href="/articles/edwards-syndrome-1">trisomy 18</a></li>
-<li>idiopathic: <a href="/articles/familial-short-stature">familial short stature</a>-</li>- +<li>idiopathic: Constitutional delay in growth and puberty [Familial short stature is associated with a normal bone age]</li>
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