Values for the cortical thickness and diameter of the metacarpals of normal Aragonese children in the 1st 4 years of life. Longitudinal study

The measurement of the metacarpal cortical thickness as well of the diameter is an accurate, simple and economic procedure in the clinical diagnosis of the growth deficiency. Our study reports the increasing values of such parameters obtained from a normal Spanish population controlled at ages 0.5,...

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Published inAnales españoles de pediatría Vol. 28; no. 3; p. 201
Main Authors Berdún Chéliz, E, Arana Navarro, T, López Pisón, F J, Ferrández Longas, A
Format Journal Article
LanguageSpanish
Published Spain 01.03.1988
Subjects
Anthropometry
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Infant
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Metacarpus - anatomy & histology
Reference Values
Spain
Spain
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Summary:The measurement of the metacarpal cortical thickness as well of the diameter is an accurate, simple and economic procedure in the clinical diagnosis of the growth deficiency. Our study reports the increasing values of such parameters obtained from a normal Spanish population controlled at ages 0.5, 1, 2, 3 and 4, in the growth studies center "Andrea Prader" of Zaragoza.
ISSN:0302-4342
1577-2799