Bone age assessment with conventional ultrasonography in healthy infants from 1 to 24 months of age

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1007-1015

  Daneff, Monica ^a,c   Casalis, Claudia ^c   Bruno, Claudio H ^a   Bruno, Didier A ^a,b  

^a Fundación Científica del Sur Imaging Centre   (Argentina)

^b Av Hipólito Yrigoyen 8680 ^*  (Argentina)

^c Body Section   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Children; Greulich and Pyle; Growth disorders; Skeletal age; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE AGE; CARPAL BONE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIPHYSIS; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METACARPAL BONE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRIQUETRUM BONE; WRIST; BONE AGE DETERMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 84933678180     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-014-3253-0     Document Type: Article

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