May 1, 1993 · We describe 66 children (32 girls, 33 boys) from 51 families with an average age of 6.6 years (range, 0.9 to 16.5 years, all but 5 prepubertal) diagnosed by a multidisciplinary …

May 1, 1993 · We describe 66 children (32 girls, 33 boys) from 51 families with an average age of 6.6 years (range, 0.9 to 16.5 years, all but 5 prepubertal) diagnosed by a multidisciplinary …

66 children from 51 families with an average age of 6.6 years diagnosed by a multidisciplinary team as having environmental growth failure are described, finding signs leading to the …

Be alert for a "zig-zag" pattern on the chart: it could indicate psychosocial dwarfism (see opposite). Length is more important than weight for identifying growth disorders. Lack of love, …

Psychosocial dwarfism should be considered as a cause of growth retardation with pituitary malfunction. Key words: deprivation syndrome, psychosocial dwarfism, IGF-I, Down …

OBJECTIVES Reversibility of GH insufficiency with a change of environment is characteristic of psychosocial dwarfism, and excludes an organic endocrinopathy. However, the change in GH …

The recovery of GH secretion in psychosocial dwarfism was achieved by an increase in pulse amplitude with no alteration in pulse frequency.

The diagnosis of psychosocial deprivation dwarfism is difficult. It is also of practical importance since it leads to the only one appropriate treatment: the decision to send the child in a new …

Jan 1, 2005 · R Stanhope Reversibility of GH insufficiency with a change of environment is characteristic of psychosocial dwarfism, and excludes an organic endocrinopathy. However, …

We describe a 6.4 year old boy who had reversible GH insufficiency secondary to psychosocial dwarfism. On removal to a more favourable environment we observed the recovery of …