title: Cross-sectional study of skeletal maturation in normal children from Nottingham and London.
abstract: The TW2 method (Tanner et al. 1975) was used to evaluate skeletal maturation in 173 children from Nottingham and 120 children from London WC1 . All of the children from Nottingham had hand-wrist injuries and were attending the Accident and Emergency Department of the Children's Hospital, Nottingham. The London children were all a part of a longitudinal growth study, which started in 1952-1953. When compared with the TW2 centiles, the Nottingham children showed retardation, and the London children advancement in skeletal maturation.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000365:Age Determination by Skeleton; D001846:Bone Development; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008131:London; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors