孩子身材特别矮小是指低于同年龄健康儿童身高平均值的两个标准差。垂体前叶生长激素分泌不足是最常见的原因。生长激素可以促进骨和软骨的生长和成熟,如果先天分泌不足就会造成严重的矮小,医学上称为侏儒症。据记载世界上最矮的侏儒身高仅为55.88厘米。 Children are particularly short stature is lower than the average age of healthy children of the same age two standard deviations. Anterior pituitary growth hormone secretion is the most common cause. Growth hormone can promote the growth and maturation of bone and cartilage, if congenital insufficiency will cause serious short, medically known as dwarfism. It is recorded that the world’s shortest pygmy height of only 55.88 cm.