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[Evaluation of bone age in patients with kwashiorkor]
L Belli1, M Andreatta, A Reggiori
1Servizio di Radiologia B, Ospedale di Circolo di Varese.
La Radiologia Medica
|June 1, 1990
Abstract:
The present work is the result of a multicentric study performed at Hoima and Kitgum Hospitals in Uganda on a group of 20 children with Kwashiorkor. Bone age was evaluated on the X-ray film of the children's left hand and wrist, according to Tanner and to De Roo, by 2 different evaluators. The final results were compared. Eighty-five % of the patients presented delayed bone maturation: such a result confirms the importance of malnutrition on skeletal development. The data reported by other authors are also discussed.