ea0039ep101 | Pituitary and growth | BSPED2015
Childs Alexandra
, Ferguson Jane
, Burren Christine
, Crowne Elizabeth
, Moudiotis Christopher
Background: Estimates for the prevalence of SHOX mutation in children with short stature vary from 2 to 15%. Unless specific clinical and radiological signs are sought these patients can be misdiagnosed as idiopathic short stature. An evidence based clinical scoring system has been published to identify these patients; more recently characteristic radiological signs have also been identified in bone age X-rays. To our knowledge there has not been a survey in the UK ev...