Bone age assessment: A large scale comparison of the Greulich and Pyle, and Tanner and Whitehouse (TW2) methods

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 172-173

  Bull, R K ^a   Edwards, P D ^a   Kemp, P M ^b   Fry, S ^b   Hughes, I A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bone age; Greulich and Pyle; Tanner and Whitehouse

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE AGE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 0032777655     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.81.2.172     Document Type: Article

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