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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you. She's about 4'9, and 12 years old. She's not the shortest in her class, but smaller than the average bear. Well-proportioned. Adopted from Eastern Europe--she was always tiny, and born prematurely. I just wanted the doc to reassure us that she's in the ballpark of normal, and, well, that didn't happen. [/quote] PP here. She's much larger than my kids, also adopted from Eastern Europe, one of whom was premature - mine are the 3rd and 10th percentile for height. My kids didn't have growth hormone deficiency. The endocrinologist speculates that it was the poor early nutrition plus maybe genetics that has led to their short stature. Also, the endocrinologist has speculated a later growth spurt based on bone growth. And, the endocrinologist disagreed with our PCP regarding how far into puberty they were. [/quote]
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