Growth Disorders (definition)

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Definition: 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.

do not confuse with NUTRITION DISORDERS (disord of assimilating & utilizing nutrients)
See Also Bone Diseases, Developmental; Dwarfism; Gigantism
Examples Fetal Growth Retardation

Other names Growth Disorder; Disorder, Growth

Substance	Categories	Source
Nathalie syndrome	Cataract Deafness Growth Disorders Muscular Atrophy *Osteochondritis.
Auriculoosteodysplasia	Growth Disorders Osteochondrodysplasias Ear/abnormalities.
Filippi syndrome	Growth Disorders Intellectual Disability Microcephaly Syndactyly *Facies.
Ladda Zonana Ramer syndrome	Arthrogryposis Cleft Palate Ectodermal Dysplasia Growth Disorders.
Kuster Majewski Hammerstein syndrome	Alopecia Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary *Growth Disorders.
Hersh Podruch Weisskopk syndrome	Abnormalities, Multiple Growth Disorders *Microcephaly.
Meier-Gorlin syndrome	Growth Disorders Micrognathism Ear/abnormalities Patella/abnormalities.
Cantalamessa Baldini Ambrosi syndrome	Growth Disorders Hypogonadism Intellectual Disability Mitral Valve Prolapse.
Boudhina Yedes Khiari syndrome	Epilepsy Growth Disorders Hearing Loss, Sensorineural Intellectual Disability Microcephaly Skin Diseases.
Pfeiffer Palm Teller syndrome	Facies Abnormalities, Multiple Dental Enamel Hypoplasia Growth Disorders *Joint Diseases.	J Pediatr. 1977;91(6):955-7
Pfeiffer Mayer syndrome	Abnormalities, Multiple Coloboma Growth Disorders Intellectual Disability *Polydactyly.
Pfeiffer Kapferer syndrome	Abnormalities, Multiple Growth Disorders Hearing Loss, Sensorineural Intellectual Disability.
Petty Laxova Wiedemann syndrome	Abnormalities, Multiple Growth Disorders *Progeria.
Aphalangia syndactyly microcephaly	Growth Disorders Microcephaly *Syndactyly Toe Phalanges/abnormalities.	Am J Med Genet. 55(2):213-6
Onat syndrome	Aortic Valve Stenosis Growth Disorders.
Omodysplasia type 1	Growth Disorders Osteochondrodysplasias/congenital.
Volcke Soekarman syndrome	Dandy-Walker Syndrome Growth Disorders Intellectual Disability Spastic Paraplegia, Hereditary Brain/abnormalities Skull/abnormalities.
GEMSS syndrome	Abnormalities, Multiple Ectopia Lentis Glaucoma Growth Disorders *Joint Diseases.
Gay Feinmesser Cohen syndrome	Growth Disorders Heart Defects, Congenital Glottis/abnormalities.
Growth mental deficiency syndrome of Myhre	Facies Cryptorchidism Growth Disorders Hand Deformities, Congenital Hypertrophy Joint Diseases *Intellectual Disability.	J Med Genet. 2003; 40(7):546-51
Krause-Kivlin syndrome	Growth Disorders Limb Deformities, Congenital Cornea/abnormalities.
Rhizomelic dysplasia, scoliosis, and retinitis pigmentosa	Bone Diseases, Developmental Growth Disorders Retinitis Pigmentosa Scoliosis.
Microdontia hypodontia short stature	Abnormalities, Multiple Anodontia *Growth Disorders.
Microcephaly microcornea syndrome Seemanova type	Cataract Corneal Diseases Eye Abnormalities Growth Disorders Intellectual Disability Microcephaly *Genetic Diseases, X-Linked.
Seemanova Lesny syndrome	Abnormalities, Multiple Cataract/congenital Growth Disorders Hypogonadism Intellectual Disability Microcephaly *Muscle Spasticity.
Kozlowski Rafinski Klicharska syndrome	Bone Diseases, Developmental Cataract Growth Disorders Intellectual Disability Psychomotor Disorders Facies.
Stern Lubinsky Durrie syndrome	Corneal Diseases Growth Disorders Keratoderma, Palmoplantar Limb Deformities, Congenital Infant, Premature.
Mitochondrial myopathy with lactic acidosis	Acidosis, Lactic Growth Disorders Hearing Loss, Central Mitochondrial Myopathies.
Milner Khallouf Gibson syndrome	Fanconi Anemia Growth Disorders Microcephaly Micrognathism Nose/abnormalities Thumb/abnormalities.
Mental retardation-hypotonic facies syndrome, x-linked, 1	Deafness Growth Disorders Hypogonadism Mental Retardation, X-Linked.
Mental retardation Mietens Weber type	Contracture Corneal Opacity Growth Disorders Intellectual Disability *Nystagmus, Congenital.
Pilotto syndrome	Abnormalities, Multiple Cleft Lip Cleft Palate Growth Disorders Heart Defects, Congenital Intellectual Disability *Scoliosis.
Pili torti developmental delay neurological abnormalities	Growth Disorders Hair Diseases.
Neurofaciodigitorenal syndrome	Abnormalities, Multiple Growth Disorders Hand Deformities, Congenital Intellectual Disability *Craniofacial Abnormalities Kidney/abnormalities.	Am J Med Genet. 1982;11(3):329-36
SHORT syndrome	Growth Disorders Hypercalcemia Nephrocalcinosis Metabolic Diseases.
Microcephaly cervical spine fusion anomalies	Growth Disorders Microcephaly Spine/abnormalities.
Gomez Lopez Hernandez syndrome	Abnormalities, Multiple Alopecia Growth Disorders Craniofacial Abnormalities *Neurocutaneous Syndromes Cerebellum/abnormalities Rhombencephalon/abnormalities.
GOMBO syndrome	Growth Disorders Hearing Loss, Conductive Microcephaly Microphthalmos *Brachydactyly.
Langer mesomelic dysplasia	Growth Disorders Osteochondrodysplasias.
Hypoparathyroidism-retardation-dysmorphism syndrome	Abnormalities, Multiple Growth Disorders Hypoparathyroidism Intellectual Disability Osteochondrodysplasias Seizures.
Short stature syndrome, Brussels type	Growth Disorders/congenital Osteochondrodysplasias Face/abnormalities.
Leri-Weil syndrome	Growth Disorders Osteochondrodysplasias.
Floating-harbor syndrome	Abnormalities, Multiple Growth Disorders Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular Craniofacial Abnormalities.
Alopecia macular degeneration growth retardation	Alopecia Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary *Growth Disorders.
Lowry Wood syndrome	Growth Disorders Intellectual Disability Microcephaly Osteochondrodysplasias.
Lowry Maclean syndrome	Abnormalities, Multiple Cleft Palate Craniosynostoses Diaphragmatic Eventration Glaucoma Growth Disorders Heart Defects, Congenital Intellectual Disability *Osteogenesis Imperfecta.
Morillo-Cucci Passarge syndrome	Abnormalities, Multiple Growth Disorders Hand Deformities, Congenital Joint Diseases Intellectual Disability Craniofacial Abnormalities.	Birth Defects Orig Artic Ser. 1975;11(2):380-3
Tonoki syndrome	Growth Disorders Intellectual Disability Nails, Malformed Brachydactyly.
Thrombocytopenia Robin sequence	Growth Disorders Pierre Robin Syndrome Thrombocytopenia/congenital Facies *Agenesis of Corpus Callosum.
Spastic paraplegia 9, autosomal dominant	Cataract Growth Disorders *Spastic Paraplegia, Hereditary Bone and Bones/abnormalities.
Wittwer syndrome	Epilepsy Growth Disorders Mental Retardation, X-Linked Deaf-Blind Disorders.
Zerres Rietschel Majewski syndrome	Growth Disorders Intellectual Disability Microcephaly Syndactyly Face/abnormalities.
Young Hughes syndrome	Growth Disorders Hypogonadism Intellectual Disability Obesity *Sex Chromosome Aberrations.	J Ment Defic Res. 1982;26(Pt 3):153-62
Winchester syndrome	Abnormalities, Multiple Contracture Corneal Opacity Growth Disorders Osteolysis Osteoporosis.
Wiedemann Grosse Dibbern syndrome	Abnormalities, Multiple Growth Disorders Hypertrichosis Intellectual Disability *Craniofacial Abnormalities.	Atlas of Clinical Syndromes : A Visual Aid to Diagnosis for Clinicians and Practicing Physicians. (2nd ed.) London:Wolfe Publishing Ltd. 1989. Pp. 198-199.
Curatolo Cilio Pessagno syndrome	Growth Disorders Intellectual Disability Malformations of Cortical Development Agenesis of Corpus Callosum.
Wellesley Carmen French syndrome	Cataract/congenital Growth Disorders Labial Frenum/abnormalities.	Am. J. Med. Genet. 1991;40: 341-42
Sonoda syndrome	Growth Disorders Heart Defects, Congenital *Craniofacial Abnormalities.
Slavotinek Pike Mills Hurst syndrome	Cataract/congenital Growth Disorders *Learning Disorders Bone and Bones/abnormalities.	Am J Med Genet. 1996;62(1):42-7
Schimke X-linked mental retardation syndrome	Deafness Growth Disorders Microcephaly Ophthalmoplegia *Mental Retardation, X-Linked.

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