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DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27302003000600011
There is a general parental concern about the final height of their kids. The consulting physician is usually faced with an uncomfortable situation, for which he/she usually does not have reliable tools to manage. The methods for final height prediction present problems and have been based on difficult parameters to be obtained, such as bone age. On the other hand, many therapeutic decisions are made taking into account the improvement on final height prediction, which can be misleading. Even in […]
Keywords: Bone age; final height; Final height prediction; growth; short stature