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Skeletal maturation in cerebral palsy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 March 2005

Nick Bishop
Affiliation:
University of Sheffield, UK.

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Skeletal health in children is made up of a number of factors including the overall pattern of the skeleton, the appropriate size and shape of individual bones, bone mass and internal architecture of both tubular and plate-like bones, and bone metabolism and turnover. Where among this group of attributes does skeletal maturity fit in?

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© 2005 Mac Keith Press