The prevalence and etiological profile of short stature in children

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Ali Mosa Sadiq
Qusay Farhan Hassan
Yaareb Abdulghafoor Mutlag

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According to the survey, 97% of parents of young adolescents do not know that their shortness is caused by certain diseases and mistakenly believe that it is a delay in the development of the child or hereditary factors: only 1.6% of parents know that there is a possibility of disease; 41.9% of parents have medical knowledge; 32.3% do not believe that short stature is a disease and will grow taller in the future; 29% know short stature can be cured

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Ali Mosa Sadiq, Qusay Farhan Hassan, & Yaareb Abdulghafoor Mutlag. (2022). The prevalence and etiological profile of short stature in children. Eurasian Medical Research Periodical, 6, 17–23. Retrieved from https://geniusjournals.org/index.php/emrp/article/view/732
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