Relative Skeletal Maturation and Population Ancestry in Nonobese Children and Adolescents
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DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.2914
Abstract: More rapid skeletal maturation in African‐American (AA) children is recognized and generally attributed to an increased prevalence of obesity. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effects of population ancestry on relative… read more here.
Keywords: relative skeletal; population ancestry; skeletal maturation; children adolescents ... See more keywords
Long-Term Growth Hormone Therapy Does Not Advance Skeletal Maturation in Children and Adolescents
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DOI: 10.1210/jendso/bvab048.1385
Abstract: Abstract Context: There is no consensus on the effect of recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) therapy on skeletal maturation in children despite the current practice of annual monitoring of skeletal maturation with bone age in… read more here.
Keywords: therapy; age; rhgh therapy; skeletal maturation ... See more keywords
Bone Age: A Handy Tool for Pediatric Providers
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DOI: 10.1542/peds.2017-1486
Abstract: Determining skeletal maturation may help direct diagnostic testing, but current methods are derived from primarily white populations and are not necessarily generalizable to other ethnicities. Pediatricians have relied on methods for determining skeletal maturation for… read more here.
Keywords: skeletal maturation; age; tool; bone age ... See more keywords