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Children's Growth Patterns
Magic Foundation — This page is a home page of sorts to help you understand how children grow, what normal growth is, what abnormal growth is and what to do if you suspect your child is not growing well. If you have questions, call us at (708) 383-0808. We are ...More…
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Human growth hormone (HGH): Does it slow aging?
Mayo Clinic — Human growth hormone - an anti-aging breakthrough or an expensive scam? Know the facts. Growth hormone is produced by the pituitary gland - a pea-sized structure at the base of the brain - to fuel childhood growth and help maintain tissues and ...More…
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Pituitary Gland Disorders
Merck — Overproduction of growth hormone causes excessive growth. In children, the condition is called gigantism. In adults, it is called acromegaly. Excessive growth hormone is almost always caused by a noncancerous (benign) pituitary tumor. Children ...More…
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Growth Disorders Treatment Options
Hormone Foundation — Whether resulting from hormone imbalances, a pituitary gland tumor, or another cause, growth disorders can be treated a number of ways. Visit Hormone.org to learn treatment methods. Because excess GH - acting alone or together with excess IGF-1 - ...More…
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Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR)
Clevand Clinic — Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), also called fetal growth restriction, is a condition in which the fetus is smaller than expected for the number of weeks of pregnancy. Newborn babies with IUGR are often described as small for their ...More…
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What Is a Pediatric Endocrinologist?
Medem — If your child has problems with growth, puberty, diabetes, or other disorders related to the hormones and the glands that produce them, a pediatric endocrinologist may treat your child. Hormones are chemicals that affect how other parts of the ...More…
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Understanding Growth Charts
Magic Foundation — Growth charts are essential tools needed to accurately monitor your child's growth for both height and weight. They help you understand your child's height (or weight) over time as they age and show you a comparison to other (same sex and age) ...More…
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El retraso puberal
Kids Health — La pubertad ocurre durante varios años y la edad en la que comienza y termina varía enormemente. Algunas veces, de todas maneras, las personas atraviesan este periodo de sus edades sin experimentar ningún cambio en sus cuerpos. A esto se le llama ...More…
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Retraso del crecimiento intrauterino
Family Doctor — El retraso del crecimiento intrauterino -abreviado RCIU- (IUGR en inglés)es un término para un bebé que es más pequeño de lo normal durante el embarazo. El bebé no está creciendo a la velocidad normal dentro del útero . Estos bebés por lo general ...More…
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Intrauterine Growth Restriction
Family Doctor — Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) is a term for a baby who is smaller than normal during pregnancy. The baby is not growing at the normal rate inside the uterus. These babies usually have a low weight at birth. Babies who have IUGR are more ...More…
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Retraso del crecimiento
Kids Health — Los primeros años de vida son un período en que la mayoría de niños ganan peso y crecen mucho más deprisa que durante el resto de sus vidas. De todos modos, a veces los bebés y los niños no crecen como cabría esperar. Los primeros años de vida ...More…
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Failure to Thrive
Kids Health — Sometimes kids don't meet expected standards of growth. Most still follow growth patterns that are normal, but others have "failure to thrive" - they fail to gain weight as expected and have poor height growth. In the first few years of life ...More…