Failure to Thrive
Failure to Thrive refers to when an infant fails to gain weight and continue on the usual growth path. It does not necessarily mean weight loss, but only failure to gain the normal amount of weight. Various underlying disorders can cause the infant’s body not to get enough nutrition
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Introduction: Failure to Thrive
Failure to Thrive (FTT). A general term used for insufficient growth (by standard growth charts) or inadequate weight gain caused by a variety of medical and psychosocial conditions.
...Source: RDCRN (NCATS/NIH)1
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Causes List: Failure to Thrive
Some of the causes of the condition may include:2 Causes of Failure To Thrive:
- 10q22.3q23.3 Microdeletion Syndrome
- 12q14 Microdeletion Syndrome
- 17p11.2 Microduplication Syndrome
- 17q21.31 Microduplication Syndrome
- 17q23.1q23.2 Microdeletion Syndrome
- 19q13.11 Microdeletion Syndrome
- 1p36 Deletion Syndrome
- 1q21.1 Microdeletion Syndrome
- 1q21.1 Microduplication ...
Causes List for Failure to Thrive
Some possible causes of Failure to Thrive or similar disorders may include:3
- ACTH-dependent Cushing syndrome (Failure to thrive)
- ACTH-independent Cushing syndrome (Failure to thrive)
- ALG3-CDG syndrome (Failure to thrive)
- Aarskog syndrome (Failure to thrive) ...
Types of Failure to Thrive
Some of the types of this condition may include:4 Types of Failure to thrive:
- Failure to thrive in infancy
- Severe failure to thrive
Names and Terminology
Synonyms:
Marked failure to thrive ; Severe postnatal failure to thrive
...Source: GTR (NCBI/NIH)5
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References
- Source: RDCRN (NCATS/NIH): rarediseasesnetwork.org/ cms/ cegir/ Learn-More/ Glossary
- Source: Human Phenotype Ontology
- Source: Algorithmically Generated List
- Source: Human Phenotype Ontology
- Source: GTR (NCBI/NIH): ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ gtr/ conditions/ C1855514/
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