Harrison M H, Turner M H, Jacobs P
J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1976 Feb;58(1):37-40. doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.58B1.178665.
Skeletal age was estimated by examination of radiographs of the carpus in 182 children suffering from Perthes' disease after the reliability of the Greulich and Pyle Atlas had been checked for a control group of British children. A striking tendency to delayed skeletal maturation was shown in the children with Perthes' disease. This trait was also found in ninety-three unaffected siblings of the patients. The velocity of skeletal ageing as the disease progressed was estimated. In some patients the carpal skeleton failed to mature at all for periods of up to three years and the term "skeletal standstill" is applied to this phenomenon. The significance of these findings is discussed and it is suggested that the maturation defect may have aetiological significance.
在对一组英国儿童对照组检查了Greulich和Pyle图谱的可靠性之后，通过检查182例患有佩特兹病儿童的腕关节X光片来估算骨龄。患有佩特兹病的儿童呈现出明显的骨骼成熟延迟倾向。在93名未患病的患者兄弟姐妹中也发现了这一特征。评估了疾病进展过程中骨骼老化的速度。在一些患者中，腕骨骨骼长达三年都完全没有成熟，“骨骼停滞”一词用于描述这一现象。讨论了这些发现的意义，并提出成熟缺陷可能具有病因学意义。
