Relationship Between Age at Menarche and Skeletal Maturation Stages in Taiwanese Female Orthodontic Patients

Relationship Between Age at Menarche and Skeletal Maturation Stages in Taiwanese Female Orthodontic Patients

Background/Purpose: The age at menarche reflects a pubertal girl's physiologic maturity. The aims of this study were to evaluate the relationship between the age at menarche and skeletal maturation in female orthodontic patients. Methods: Hand-wrist radiographs and lateral cephalometric radiogr...

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Main Authors: Eddie Hsiang-Hua Lai, Jenny Zwei-Chieng Chang, Chung-Chen Jane Yao, Shih-Jaw Tsai, Jen-Pei Liu, Yi-Jane Chen, Chun-Pin Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2008-07-01
Series:Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Subjects:
cervical vertebrae
hand bones
menarche
musculoskeletal development
wrist
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929664608601655

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