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Assessment of skeletal maturation in infants: comparison between two methods in hypothyroid patients.
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Abstract
Conventional skeletal radiography is the standard technique for assessing skeletal age. However, radiography cannot demonstrate cartilage and is therefore of lesser value in infancy when the ossification centres are composed mainly of cartilage. By comparison, US clearly demonstrates cartilage and bone.