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Claudia Casalis

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Radiographic bone age determination is part of the routine evaluation of suspected growth disorders. Simplicity and low cost are its major advantages but ionizing radiation should be taken into consideration. Conventional ultrasonography (US) has proven effective to identify ossification centers of the hand and wrist between 0 and 24 months of age. It may become an innocuous follow-up tool for patients with growth disorders. We aimed to asses the chronological US emergence of the ossification centers of the hand and wrist in healthy infants between 2 and 4 years of age. Read More

Meeting name: IPR 2016 Conjoint Meeting & Exhibition , 2016

Authors: Daneff Monica, Casalis Claudia, Bruno Claudio, Bruno Didier

Keywords: Bone age, ultrasound, Growth, ULTRASOUND