Regular monitoring of bone age is not useful in children treated with growth hormone

Pediatrics

Volumn 104, Issue 4 II, 1999, Pages 1036-1039

  Wilson, Darrell M ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayley and Pinneau; Bone age determination; Greulich and Pyle; Predicted height; Radiography; Tanner and Whitehouse

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ARTIFACT; BODY HEIGHT; BONE AGE; BONE MATURATION; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; ERROR; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; CHILD; GROWTH DISORDERS; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC;

EID: 0032864107     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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