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Development of the long bones in the hands and feet of children: radiographic and MR imaging correlation

Authors: Tal Laor, Jeffrey P. Clarke, Hong Yin

Published in: Pediatric Radiology | Issue 4/2016

Abstract

The long bones of the hands and feet in children have an epiphyseal end with a secondary center of ossification and an adjacent transverse physis. In contrast to other long bones in the body, the opposite end in the hands and feet, termed the non-epiphyseal end, is characterized by direct metaphyseal extension of bone to complete terminal ossification. The purpose of this pictorial essay is to illustrate the developmental stages of each end of the long bones of the hands and feet with radiographic and MR imaging to provide a foundation from which to differentiate normal from abnormal growth.

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Title: Development of the long bones in the hands and feet of children: radiographic and MR imaging correlation
Authors: Tal Laor
Jeffrey P. Clarke
Hong Yin
Publication date: 01-04-2016
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Pediatric Radiology / Issue 4/2016
Print ISSN: 0301-0449
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1998
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-015-3513-7

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