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What does the term 'dwarfism' encompass?
What does the term 'dwarfism' encompass?
- Only nutritional problems
- Several hundred conditions of short stature (correct)
- A single condition of short stature
- Only hormonal problems
What are some issues often associated with dwarfism?
What are some issues often associated with dwarfism?
- Neurological, cardiovascular, and digestive problems
- Skeletal, muscular, and respiratory problems
- Genetic, dermatological, and ophthalmic problems
- Hormonal, intrauterine, nutritional, and psychosocial problems (correct)
How many conditions of short stature are often encompassed by the term 'dwarfism'?
How many conditions of short stature are often encompassed by the term 'dwarfism'?
- Several hundred (correct)
- Exactly one hundred
- Around fifty
- Fewer than ten
Dwarfism describes only one specific condition of short stature
Dwarfism describes only one specific condition of short stature
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Dwarfism can have associated hormonal and nutritional problems
Dwarfism can have associated hormonal and nutritional problems
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Dwarfism always leads to psychosocial problems
Dwarfism always leads to psychosocial problems
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