Constitutional growth delay

{{Short description|Delayed puberty for some time}} {{multiple issues| {{no footnotes|date=November 2013}} {{refimprove|date=November 2013}} }}

'''Constitutional delay of growth and puberty (CDGP)''' is a term describing a temporary delay in the skeletal growth and thus height of a child with no physical abnormalities causing the delay.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Aguilar |first1=Daniela |last2=Castano |first2=Gabriel |title=Constitutional Growth Delay |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK539780/ |website=StatPearls |publisher=StatPearls Publishing |accessdate=29 May 2020 |date=2020|pmid=30969602 }}</ref> Short stature may be the result of a growth pattern inherited from a parent (familial) or occur for no apparent reason (idiopathic). Typically at some point during childhood, growth slows down, eventually resuming at a normal rate. CDGP is the most common cause of short stature and delayed puberty.

== Synonyms == * Constitutional Delay of Growth and Adolescence (CDGA) * Constitutional Growth Delay (CGD)

==See also== * Idiopathic short stature * Failure to thrive ==References== {{Reflist}} Category:Developmental biology Category:Pediatrics Category:Sexuality and age Category:Human height