People with a rare genetic mutation that causes short stature and may also make them live longer are helping shed light on the causes of ageing. Those with the unusual gene variant have several ...

5 Children with familial short stature should be distinguished from ... in magnitude to that observed in children with Turner syndrome and in those born small for gestational age—both of which ...

Back-to-school syndrome presents in various ways ... A child is classified as having short stature if they rank among the shortest 3 percent of their age and gender group. While 70–80 percent ...