Bone age: assessment methods and clinical applications
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Bone age: assessment methods and clinical applications
The main bone age assessment methods are the Greulich-Pyle and Tanner-Whitehouse 2 methods, both of which involve left hand and wrist radiographs. Several other bone age assessment methods have been developed, including ultrasonographic, computerized, and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging methods. The ultrasonographic method appears unreliable in children with delayed and advanced bone age. MR im...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0918-5739,1347-7358
DOI: 10.1297/cpe.24.143