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Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathologic Processes > Growth Disorders

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Growth Disorders  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Growth, Stunted
  • Stunted Growth
  • Stunting
  • Stuntings

Note

  • do not confuse with NUTRITION DISORDERS (disorders of assimilating & utilizing nutrients)

Scope note

  • Deviations from the average values for a specific age and sex in any or all of the following: height, weight, skeletal proportions, osseous development, or maturation of features. Included here are both acceleration and retardation of growth.

History note

  • 72(69)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006130

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