Validation of bone age methods by their ability to predict adult height

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-22

  Thodberg, Hans Henrik ^a   Neuhof, Julia ^b   Ranke, Michael B ^b   Jenni, Oskar G ^c   Martin, David D ^b  

^a Visiana   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Automatic bone age; Bayley Pinneau; BoneXpert; Greulich Pyle; Growth potential; Height prediction; Skeletal maturity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BODY HEIGHT; BONE AGE; BONE MATURATION; BONEXPERT METHOD; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FEMALE; GREULICH PYLE METHOD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; RATING SCALE; TANNER WHITEHOUSE 3; ULNA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; BODY HEIGHT; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HAND BONES; HUMANS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954810402     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000313592     Document Type: Article

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