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Recent advances in idiopathic short stature

  

  1. Department of Endocrinology and Inherited Metabolic, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, 
    Henan Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou Children's Hospital, Zhengzhou 450018, China
  • Online:2019-10-20 Published:2019-12-09
  • Contact: Corresponding author: Chen Yongxing,Email:cyx75@126.com

Abstract: Idiopathic short stature (ISS) is a kind of short stature disease with unknown etiology and pathogenesis, which is exclusive. Due to the lack of effective and reliable etiology diagnosis methods, the effective treatment for etiology of ISS is uncertain. This review summarizes the advances in etiology, diagnosis and treatment of ISS.

Key words: idiopathic short stature, etiology, treatment