TY - JOUR T1 - Fifteen-minute consultation: The child with short stature JF - Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition JO - Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed SP - 180 LP - 184 DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2014-306488 VL - 100 IS - 4 AU - Nadia Amin AU - Talat Mushtaq AU - Sabah Alvi Y1 - 2015/08/01 UR - http://ep.bmj.com/content/100/4/180.abstract N2 - Short stature can be a cause of distress for children and families. It is not usually pathological, but it is important to identify treatable conditions. This article presents a systematic approach to the evaluation of a child with short stature, covering differential diagnoses, first line investigations and indications for treatment with growth hormone. ER -