- adrenal hyperplasia
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types of inherited disorders resulting from a deficiency of one of the enzymes involved in the production of adrenal steroids. Is characterized by genital abnormalities.
- adrenal hypoplasia
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a gene defect that causes life-threatening problems in the infant or child
- adrenarche
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sexual hair development
- bone age
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the calculation of skeletal maturation using an x-ray of the hand and wrist or knee
- diabetes - type 1
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a condition in which the body's immune system destroys the cells in the pancreas that produce insulin. Insulin allows glucose to enter the cells of the body to provide energy. Persons with type 1 diabetes must take daily insulin injections.
See also Diabetes types and disease management; Alexis undeterred by diabetes; Lauren controls Type 1 diabetes
- diabetes - type 2
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a condition in which the body either makes too little insulin or cannot properly use the insulin it makes to convert blood glucose to energy. Type 2 diabetes may be controlled with diet, exercise, and weight loss, or may require oral medications and/or insulin injections.
See also Diabetes types and disease management; Alexis undeterred by diabetes
- euthyroid
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normal thyroid hormone levels
- gland
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an organ in the body that produces hormones
- goiter
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enlargement of the thyroid gland
- growth chart
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graph that is used for plotting a child's growth. Growth charts are standards of expected, normal growth percentiles for a specific population.
- gynecomastia
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breast development in the male
- hormone
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a chemical mediator that circulates in the body fluid and produces specific effect from a target organ
- hyperglycemia
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a condition in which the amount of blood glucose (sugar) is higher than normal.
- hyperkalemia
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the presence of elevated amounts of potassium in the blood.
- hypernatremia
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the presence of elevated amounts of sodium (salt) in the blood.
- hyperthyroidism
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most common cause in children is Graves disease, an autoimmune thyroid disease
- hypothyroidism
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a treatable disorder, present at birth, or occurring later in life, in which an individual produces too little thyroid hormone.
- Klinefelter syndrome
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a chromosomal abnormality in boys characterized by taller than average stature, small firm testes, and often some breast development
See also Genetics, birth defects and metabolism
- menarche
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the onset of menses ("periods")
- pituitary abnormalities
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abnormalities of the pituitary gland, including hypopituitarism and growth hormone deficiency
- precocious puberty
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sexual development prior to the age of 8 years in girls and 9 years in boy
- puberty abnormalities
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abnormalities in the stage of human development that marks the transition from childhood to a sexually mature adult capable of reproduction
- rate of growth
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a calculation of the amount of growth over a specific period of time
- span
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measurement obtained from measuring from longest fingertip on right hand to longest fingertip on left hand
- stature disorders
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short stature may include constitutional growth delay, growth hormone deficiencis, genetic short stature; unusually tall stature may be linked to a variety of conditions
- thelarche
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breast development
- thyroid storm
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the sudden release of thyroid hormone; thyrotoxicosis
- Turner syndrome
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A combination of health problems in females caused by the absence of one sex chromosome, leaving a single X chromosome, or 45 total.
See also Genetics, birth defects and metabolism