Growth/Development — Flashcards

Childhood insulin resistance may lead to a decrease in _____ resulting in increased levels of free sex steroids

What is the most likely diagnosis in an infant with difficulty swallowing, speaking, crawling, and sitting, with increased muscle tone and lesions on MRI? _____

Craniotabes (soft skull), widened wrists, rachitic rosary and genu varum is suggestive of _____

Hint: diagnosis

Treatment of strabismus includes patching or blurring of the _____ eye

Hint: normal/affected

_____ disease presents with focal pain and swelling at the tibial tuberosity, secondary to traction apophysitis of the tibial tubercle

The hallmark of _____ is myoclonic jerks when awakening from sleep, and treatment is _____

Hint: diagnosis

What is first-line therapy for nocturnal enuresis? _____

Suspected constitutional growth delay = _____

Hint: next test

The genu varum deformity (bow legs) is normal in children ≤ _____

Hint: how many years old?

External rotation of the thigh upon hip flexion is suggestive of _____

Hint: diagnosis