The reliability of bone age determination in central European children using the Greulich and Pyle method

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 72, Issue MAY, 1999, Pages 461-464

  Groell, R ^a   Lindbichler, F ^a   Riepl, T ^a   Gherra, L ^a   Roposch, A ^a   Fotter, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE AGE; BONE MATURATION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; RELIABILITY; TECHNIQUE; X RAY FILM;

EID: 0033006257     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.72.857.10505010     Document Type: Article

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