In children presenting with short stature, physicians often limit themselves to descriptive diagnoses such as idiopathic short stature or small for gestational age. Flechtner and colleagues now report a high frequency of bone dysplasias in these children, raising questions about the process of diagnosing short stature.
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Ranke, M. Bone dysplasia—a frequent cause of short stature in children. Nat Rev Endocrinol 10, 317–318 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrendo.2014.49
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