Skeletal age assessment in children and young adults: Comparison between a newly developed sonographic method and conventional methods

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 271-277

  Castriota Scanderbeg, Alessandro ^a   Sacco, Michele C ^b   Emberti Gialloreti, Leonardo ^c   Fraracci, Lucio ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b CSS Scientific Institute   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Greulich Pyle method; Skeletal age; Tanner Whitehouse method; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BONE AGE; CHILD; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND; HIP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; WRIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; CARPAL BONES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; GROWTH DISORDERS; HAND; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METACARPUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIUS; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULNA; WRIST;

EID: 0031776260     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002560050380     Document Type: Article

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