Tanner-Whitehouse Method of Assessing Skeletal Maturity: Problems and Common Errors

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The Tanner-Whitehouse method of assessing skeletal maturity has been in use for more than three decades. Problems in assigning bone ages arise from many sources. The most significant sources of error are poor positioning of the hand when the radiograph is taken, which alters the radiographic appearance of the epiphysis and makes interpretation unnecessarily difficult, and the lack of consistency in repeat ratings of the same film by one or more observers (intra- and inter-observer error). In addition, use of the system outside the limits of its design is a common error seen in clinical practice. Computer systems are now being developed with the aim of reducing many of the inconsistencies associated with radiographic investigations of normal children.

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Journal ID (publisher-id): HRE

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Horm Res Paediatr

Journal ID (doi): 10.1159/issn.1663-2818

Title: Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Publisher: S. Karger AG

ISBN: 978-3-8055-6324-6

ISBN: 978-3-318-01531-7

ISSN (Print): 1663-2818

ISSN (Electronic): 1663-2826

Publication date Subscription-year: 1996

Publication date (Print): 1996

Publication date (Electronic): 09 December 2008

Volume: 45

Issue: Suppl 2

Pages: 53-55

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Medical Unit, Institute of Child Health, London, UK

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Publisher ID: 184848 Other ID: Horm Res 1996;45:53–55

DOI: 10.1159/000184848

PubMed ID: 8805045

SO-VID: 04df1d4e-a20f-4d34-a820-d0752d214ebe

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