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Constitutional growth delay (CGD) is a term describing a temporary delay in the skeletal growth and thus height of a child with no other physical abnormalities causing the delay. Short stature may be the result of a growth pattern inherited from a parent (familial) or occur for no apparent reason (idiopathic). Typically at some point during childhood growth slows down, eventually resuming at a normal rate. CGD is the most common cause of short stature and delayed puberty.
[edit] Synonyms
- Constitutional Delay in Growth and Puberty (CDGP)
- Constitutional Short Stature (CSS)
- Idiopathic Growth Delay (IGD)
- Physiologic Delayed Puberty
- Sporadic Short Stature
- Constitutional Delay in Growth and Adolescence (CDGA)
- Delayed Growth
[edit] References
- Human Growth Foundation
- MAGIC Foundation for Children's Growth
