Evaluation of activity of epiphyseal plates in growing males and females

Calcified Tissue International

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 348-356

  Yang, K T A ^a   Yang, A D ^a  

^a CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bone scintigraphy; Endochondral ossification; Epiphyseal plate; Longitudinal growth; Physis

Indexed keywords

MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BONE TURNOVER; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIPHYSIS PLATE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; LEG; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEMUR; FIBULA; GROWTH PLATE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKULL; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MEDRONATE; TIBIA;

EID: 33746080860     PISSN: 0171967X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00223-005-0269-3     Document Type: Article

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