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Objectives: To have a better understanding of the applicability of the Greulich and Pyle and Tanner Whitehouse methods of bone age estimation in children who are of a different ethnicity from those of the original standards.Method: A systematic search of the Medline database was conducted to include studies published between 1st January 1959 and 1st May 2016 (keywords Greulich Pyle; Greulich and Pyle) and 1st January 2001 and 1st ...

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ba0007p4 | (1) | ICCBH2019

Applicability of the Tanner-Whitehouse 3 method to United Kingdom children born in the 21st century

Alshamrani Khalaf , Offiah Amaka

Background: To assess the effect of secular change on skeletal maturation and thus on the applicability Tanner and Whitehouse (TW3) methods of bone age estimation.Methods: A single observer assessed bone age using BoneXpert software on 392 hand/wrist trauma radiographs (206 males, 257 left, age range 2 to 15 years, 296 Caucasians, 71 Asians, 20 Africans, 5 mixed Caucasian and Asian) performed in the period 20102016. The paired sample t test was use...

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ba0006p081 | (1) | ICCBH2017

Bone age determination using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry

Alshamrani Khalaf , Offiah Amaka , kruger Elzene

Objective: To assess whether hand-wrist dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) can replace radiographs for bone age assessment using the Greulich & Pyle (G&P) and/or Tanner & Whitehouse (TW3) methods.Methodology: Purposive sampling was used to include a total of 20 patients identified from an Endocrine Clinic; two males and two females from each of 5 age groups (<5; 5 to 7; 8 to 10; 11 to 13; 14 to 16 years). Bone age as determined from D...

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ba0006p082 | (1) | ICCBH2017

Impact of age, sex, location of injury, physical activity, vitamin D and calcium intake on the injury outcome of wrist and ankle in children

Alshamrani Hassan A , Alloub Hana , Burke Derek , Offiah Amaka C

Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the impact of age, sex, location of injury, physical activity, dietary intake of calcium and vitamin D on injury outcome in otherwise healthy children.Materials: This study was a cross-sectional prospective study. Children aged 6 to 15 years who presented to the Emergency Department of a single tertiary paediatric referral hospital were recruited. Children were included it they were known not to have underl...

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ba0006pl1 | (1) | ICCBH2017

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Poster No. Category Title Author P002 Bone development A 3-year longitudinal study of skeletal effects and growth in children after kidney transplantation <a href="ba...

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ba0001pp126 | Calciotropic and phosphotropic hormones and mineral metabolism | ECTS2013

Vitamin D: light side and best time of sunshine in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Alshahrani Fahad , Almalki Mussa , Aljohani Naji , Alzahrani Abdullah , Alsaleh Yossef , Holick Michel

Low levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D have been documented among inhabitants of the wider Middle East and North African countries. Sunlight has long been recognized as a major provider of vitamin D. In this study we aimed to determine the optimum time for sun exposure in the Central region of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Ampoules containing 7-dehydrocholesterol in ethanol were exposed to sunlight every hour starting from sunrise until sunset in July and December. Our results demonstrated...

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Bone Abstracts

Bone age assessment using Greulich and Pyle and Tanner-Whitehouse methods: a systematic review

Applicability of the Tanner-Whitehouse 3 method to United Kingdom children born in the 21st century

Bone age determination using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry

Impact of age, sex, location of injury, physical activity, vitamin D and calcium intake on the injury outcome of wrist and ankle in children

Poster List

Vitamin D: light side and best time of sunshine in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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