Elimination of hand-wrist radiographs for maturity assessment in children needing orthodontic therapy

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 195-200

  Al Khal, Hessa A ^a   Wong, Ricky W K ^a   Rabie, A Bakr M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cervical vertebral maturation; Hand wrist maturation; Skeletal maturity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; CEPHALOMETRY; CERVICAL SPINE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; ORTHODONTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; CEPHALOMETRY; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; CHINA; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHODONTICS; WRIST;

EID: 38549179967     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-007-0369-4     Document Type: Article

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