Discuss the approach to assessment of short stature and its management. 

Short stature is defined as a condition in which an individual's height is in the 3rd percentile for the mean height of a given age, sex, and population group. It can be assessed through various anthropometric instruments. Short stature can be caused by hormonal, genetic, and developmental pathology. The diagnosis of short stature requires biochemical and radiological tests, including nutritional and hormonal assessment and estimation of bone age. The primary management of short stature aims at alleviating the underlying cause and treating the associated psychosocial distress.

Stature is scientifically known as height vertex. It is defined as the height of a person taken from the ground to the vertex when the head is held in the Frankfurt horizontal plane (F-H plane). It can be assessed through various instruments such as measuring tape, stadiometer, anthropometric rod, infantometer, etc. According to Ranke (1996), “Short stature is defined as a condition in which the height of an individual is two standard deviations (SD) below the corresponding mean height of a given age, sex and population group.” In medical terminology, it is known as “dwarfism.” There are two short stature types, proportionate short stature (PSS) and disproportionate short stature (DSS). PSS is diagnosed ______ __________ _________ _________ ________ ________ ______ __________ ___ ___ ___ __________.
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