Using population-specific growth curves for Inuit children could promote the appropriate diagnosis of microcephaly and avoid overdiagnosis, according to a new study. Inuit children from Nunavut ...

All P values are two-sided. The synchronized mean height-velocity curves for the growth hormone–treated and control children, as well as for a reference population of normal children ...

"We observed larger median head circumference values, distinct patterns of growth curves, higher rates of children with head circumferences greater than the 97th percentile (macrocephaly), and ...

Every child grows differently – It's totally normal for kids to be bigger or smaller than others at the same age. What's more important is that they grow steadily over time. Growth charts are ...

As children grow and their bodies change ... and looks it up on a pediatric growth curve. This gives the child's BMI percentile. BMI percentiles are grouped into weight categories: For example ...

AMSTERDAM — Children with short stature ... of dupilumab but also may experience improved growth, bringing them back toward standard height curves, revealed a post hoc trial analysis.