Racial differences in growth patterns of children assessed on the basis of bone age

Radiology

Volumn 250, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 228-235

  Zhang, Aifeng ^a   Sayre, James W ^b   Vachon, Linda ^c   Liu, Brent J ^a   Huang, H K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BONE AGE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY; AGE DETERMINATION; ASIAN AMERICAN; BONE DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HAND; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; ASIAN AMERICANS; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HAND; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 58149359589     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2493080468     Document Type: Article

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