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What is Short stature is seen in –a) Maternal deprivation syndromeb) Hypothyroidismc) Bulimiad) Paternal smokinge) IUGR and explain in detail?
If the height of the child is below the 3rd percentile or less than 2 S.D. from the mean, he or she is considered to be short stature.
Causes of short stature

A) Proportionate short stature
Normal variant      - 1) Familial
                                2) Constitutional delay in growth 
Prenatal causes   -  1) Intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR)
                                2) Intrauterine infections
Posnatal causes  -  1) Nutritional dwarfism (due to malnutrition)
                                2) Chronic visceral disease
                                3) Endocrine disorders (hypopituitrism, Juvenile DM)
                                4) Psychosocial (emotional deprivation, maternal deprivation)
B) Disproportionate short stature

With short limbs - Achondroplasia, hypochondroplasia, chondroectodermal dysplasia, deformities due to rickets and osteogenesis imperfecta, hypothyroidism.
With short trunk: Spondylo-epiphyseal dysplasia, mucopolysaccharidosis, mucolipidosis, caries spine, hemivertebrae.