Radiological evaluation of bone growth in neonates born at gestational ages between 26 and 41 weeks: Cross-sectional study

Early Human Development

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 683-688

  Shih, Shin Lin ^a,b   Lee, Yann Jinn ^a,b   Huang, Fu Yuan ^a   Chen, Albert ^a   Huang, Jon Kway ^a,b   Tsai, Yi Shan ^a  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bone growth; Femur; Gestational age; Humerus; Lumbar vertebra

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE GROWTH; BONE MALFORMATION; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH ACCELERATION; HUMAN; HUMERUS; HYALINE MEMBRANE DISEASE; LONG BONE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECONIUM ASPIRATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TACHYPNEA; VERTEBRA BODY;

BONE DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMUR; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HUMERUS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD;

EID: 23044442870     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2005.04.001     Document Type: Article

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