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Pituitary Disorders Affecting Linear Growth: Short Stature

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Growth is a complex process regulated by multiple factors, including the pituitary hormones. This chapter discusses pituitary disorders leading to short stature including key features in the clinical history, evaluation, and treatment of congenital and acquired growth hormone deficiency (GHD), central hypothyroidism, and Cushing syndrome. However, it is important to note pituitary causes of short stature are rare, typically with a distinguishing feature of linear growth failure more significantly affected than weight loss on presentation, separating itself from other causes of short stature such as systemic illnesses and malnutrition.

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    Meghan Craven, Karuna Shekdar & Vaneeta Bamba

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Craven, M., Shekdar, K., Bamba, V. (2022). Pituitary Disorders Affecting Linear Growth: Short Stature. In: Samson, S.L., Ioachimescu, A.G. (eds) Pituitary Disorders throughout the Life Cycle. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99918-6_1

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