Comprehensive therapy
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Patients with short stature may go unrecognized if routine, accurate growth measurements are not performed by primary care physicians: This cannot be overemphasized. An accurate assessment of growth requires reliable growth measurements and proper plotting of growth data on correct growth charts. This should be done by the primary care physician yearly and at every office visit. ⋯ In some children other specialized testing is required, such as chromosomal analysis or GH testing. The therapy, if any, of short stature will of course depend on the underlying etiology. Often reassurance is all that is necessary.