ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

Brief summary: This observational study aimed at clarifying the contribution of pathogenic copy number variants (PCNVs) and candidate pathogenic variants in 86 children born small-for-gestational-age with short stature (SGA-SS).Approximately 10% of children born SGA do not show catch-up and remain permanently short (SGA-SS) (1,2). There is increasing evidence suggesting that genetic abnormalities underlie a high proportion of SGA-SS children. In this stu...