Health and Medical Guide to Functions and Dysfunctions of the Brain and Nervous System Growth Disorders Health information topics about Growth Disorders: Adults 1. Transition from Child to Adult Growth Hormone Ther MAGIC Foundation http://www.magicfoundation.org/www/docs/108.25/growth_hormone_transition.ht... 2. Evaluation Process of Adults with Growth Hormone D MAGIC Foundation http://www.magicfoundation.org/www/docs/105.21/ 3. Adults Who Live with Growth Hormone Deficiency (GH MAGIC Foundation http://www.magicfoundation.org/www/docs/105.22/ Children 1. Growth Disorders Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/kid/grow/body_stuff/growth_disorders.html 2. Growth Failure in Children with Kidney Disease National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/childkidneydiseases/growthfailu... 3. Growth Hormone Deficiency in Children MAGIC Foundation http://www.magicfoundation.org/www/docs/108/growth_hormone_deficiency_in_ch... 4. Precocious Puberty MAGIC Foundation http://www.magicfoundation.org/divisions/pp.htm Clinical Trials 1. ClinicalTrials.gov: Growth Disorders National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D006130&recruiting... Diagnosis/Symptoms 1. Growth Hormone American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/growth_hormone/test.ht... 2. Growth Charts Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/parent/growth/growth/growth_charts.html Directories 1. AACE Physician Finder American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists http://www.aace.com/memsearch.php Organizations 1. National Institute of Child Health and Human Devel http://www.nichd.nih.gov/ 2. MAGIC Foundation http://www.magicfoundation.org/ Overviews 1. Underlying Conditions of Growth Abnormalities MAGIC Foundation http://www.magicfoundation.org/www/docs/150 2. What Is a Growth Disorder? Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/endocrine/growth_disorder.html Related Issues 1. What Is an Endocrinologist? Hormone Foundation http://www.hormone.org/publications/what_is_endocr.html Specific Conditions 1. Idiopathic Short Stature: What You Need to Know Hormone Foundation http://www.hormone.org/pdf/Idiopathic_Short_Stature%20_factsheet.pdf 2. Acromegaly Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00478 3. Soto's Syndrome National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/sotos/sotos.htm 4. Acromegaly National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/endo/pubs/acro/acro.htm 5. Acromegaly (Somatotroph Adenomas) UpToDate http://patients.uptodate.com/topic.asp?file=endo_hor/4528 6. Dental Problems Associated with GHD MAGIC Foundation http://www.magicfoundation.org/www/docs/108.24/ghd_children_dental.html 7. Failure to Thrive MAGIC Foundation http://www.magicfoundation.org/www/docs/153 8. Panhypopituitarism MAGIC Foundation http://www.magicfoundation.org/www/docs/110/panhypopituitarism_tumors.html 9. Gigantism Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00575 10. Russell-Silver Syndrome MAGIC Foundation http://www.magicfoundation.org/divisions/rss.htm Statistics 1. FASTATS: Body Measurements National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/bodymeas.htm 2. Girls Stature-for-Age and Weight-for-Age National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhanes/growthcharts/set1clinical/cj41l022.pdf 3. Boys Stature-for-Age and Weight-for-Age National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhanes/growthcharts/set1clinical/cj41l021.pdf Teenagers 1. Growth Hormone Deficiency Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/teen/diseases_conditions/growth/growth_hormone.html Treatment 1. Information for People Treated with NHPP Human Gro National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/endo/pubs/creutz/update.htm 2. Get the Facts: Growth Hormone Issues in Adults and Hormone Foundation http://www.hormone.org/pdf/GHIssuesinChildrenandAdults.pdf 3. FDA Approves Humatrope for Short Stature Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/ANSWERS/2003/ANS01242.html 4. Most Frequently Asked Questions When Beginning Gro MAGIC Foundation http://magic.truepresence.com/www/docs/151/growth_hormone_faq.html   Recommended Resources: [CaRP] Can't open cache file. [CaRP] Unable to create/open RSS cache file. [CaRP] Failed to open file: /home/brainand/public_html/carp/autocache/f60627ca1db8c2ae253c816eedcd460e [CaRP] Can't open remote newsfeed.