in most cases the family history ( height of the parents , course of puberty in the father , age at menarche of the mother ) , personal history ( growth curve , height velocity ) and physical examination ( height measurement , evaluation of stage of pubertal development , bone age ) make it possible to decied whether there is benign delayed growth and development ( a variation of normal ) or whether the patient is suffering from one of the rare types of true hypogonadism ( hormonal disorder or types of true hypogonadism ( hormonal disorder or chromosomal anomaly ) .
C0031809
physical examination
C0220825
evaluation