Table 1

The main conditions affecting growth

Short stature or growth failure
Isolated growth hormone deficiency
Multiple pituitary hormone deficiency
Turner's syndrome
Psychosocial deprivation
Silver-Russell syndrome
Skeletal dysplasias and bone disorders
Noonan's syndrome
Neurofibromatosis
Hypothyroidism
Inflammatory bowel disease
Coeliac disease
Chronic renal disease
Tall stature or accelerated growth
Marfan's syndrome
Klinefelter's syndrome (XXY)
XYY syndrome
Sotos' syndrome
Thyrotoxicosis
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Premature sexual maturation
Pituitary gigantism