Table 2. Etiology of tall stature.
Normal Variant |
Familial Tall Stature
Constitutional Advance of Growth |
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Endocrine or secondary growth disorders | Obesity Aromatase deficiency Estrogen receptor α deficiency Precocious puberty GH/IGF-1 excess Thyrotoxicosis McCune-Albright Syndrome |
Syndrome | |
Proportionate | Sotos syndrome / Sotos-like syndrome |
Tatton-Brown-Rahman Syndrome | |
Weaver syndrome / Weaver-like syndrome | |
Fragile X syndrome | |
Susceptibility to Autism 18 | |
Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome | |
Disproportionate | Marfan syndrome |
Homocystinuria | |
Klinefelter syndrome | |
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome | |
Triple X (XXX) syndrome | |
Proteus syndrome |