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Psychosocial short stature

Index Psychosocial short stature

Psychosocial short stature (PSS) or psychosocial dwarfism, sometimes called psychogenic or stress dwarfism, or Kaspar Hauser syndrome, is a growth disorder that is observed between the ages of 2 and 15, caused by extreme emotional deprivation or stress. [1]

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Dwarfism

Dwarfism, also known as short stature, occurs when an organism is extremely small.

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Factitious disorder imposed on another

Factitious disorder imposed on another (FDIA or FDIoA), also known as Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSbP), is a condition where a caregiver or spouse fabricates, exaggerates, or induces mental or physical health problems in those who are in their care, with the primary motive of gaining attention or sympathy from others.

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Feral child

A feral child (also called wild child) is a human child who has lived isolated from human contact from a very young age, where they have little or no experience of human care, behavior, or, crucially, of human language.

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ICD-10 Chapter IV: Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases

This is an overview about the chapter IV (also called chapter E) of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision (ICD-10).

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Kaspar Hauser

Kaspar Hauser (30 April 1812 (?) – 17 December 1833) was a German youth who claimed to have grown up in the total isolation of a darkened cell.

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List of Emergency! episodes

The television series Emergency! originally aired from January 15, 1972, to May 28, 1977.

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List of fictional feral children

Feral children, children who have lived from a young age without human contact, appear in mythological and fictional works, usually as human characters who have been raised by animals.

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List of Peacemaker Kurogane characters

(鐵 meaning Iron) is a historical fiction mangaseries written and illustrated created by.

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Primordial dwarfism

Primordial dwarfism (PD) is a form of dwarfism that results in a smaller body size in all stages of life beginning from before birth.

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Short stature

Short stature refers to a height of a human being which is below typical.

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Kaspar Hauser syndrome, Psychogenic Dwarfism, Psychogenic dwarfism, Psychosocial dwarfism, Stress dwarfism.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychosocial_short_stature

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