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Assessment of tall stature

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1.What is Tall stature ? 2.What is Gigantism ? 3.What are the clinical features of marfan's syndrome ? 4.Cardinal features...

Assessment of shortstature

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1.Dwarfism and its causes 2.How will you differentiate dwarfism by body ratio? 3.What is cretinism ? 4.What is pseudohypoparathyroidi...

What is cretinism ?

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Cretinism is a condition produced due to hypothyroidism since birth due to partial or complete failure of thyroid gland   (commonly it is...

What are the cardinal features of achondroplasia ?

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Dwarfism in achondroplasia is due to decrease in the proliferation of cartilage present in growth plate.This  is an autosomal dominant d...

What is pseudohypoparathyroidism ?

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Pseudohypoparathyroidism  is a condition with increased  secretion of parathormone (PTH) is there but due to end organ resistance, there i...

How will you differentiate dwarfism by body ratio?

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Based on upper and lower segment ratio dwarfism is classified as follows Upper segment = Lower segment is seen in  Hereditary. Constit...

Dwarfism and its causes

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Dwarfism is defined as marked permanent shortness of stature, with predicted adult height of the person less than 4 standard deviations fr...

What are the clinical features of marfan's syndrome ?

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Marfan syndrome is basically due the defect in collagen cross-linking  that may be responsible for abnormalities in supporting tissue. It ...

What is Tall stature ?

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Tall stature is defined as the height of the person more than  97th percentile of normal population of same age and sex. Common causes f...

What is Gigantism ?

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Gigantism is said to be present in an individual, when his or her  height exceeds six feet, six inches. Types of Gigantism 1. Heredita...

Cardinal features of Homocystinuria

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Basic abnormality is reduced activity of enzyme cystathionine betasynthatase Autosomal recessive inheritance is seen  Mental retardati...

What are the diagnostic points in klinefelter's syndrome?

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Following are the diagnostic clue to klinefelters syndrome 1.Tall stature (due to hypogonadism). 2.Lower segment > upper segme...

Anthrapometry -How to examine the stature of the patient ?

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Anthropometry is the measurements of height (stature), weight, arm span, upper segment-lower segment ratio. Following are the Anthropom...

How will you clinically differentiate between Marfan syndrome and homocystinuria

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Marfan's syndrome is characterised by the following It is a connective tissue disorder It is transmitted as an autosomal domin...