Kalen V, Harding C R
University of Florida College of Medicine, JHM Health Center, Gainesville 32610.
Dev Med Child Neurol. 1994 Jun;36(6):528-32. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1994.tb11883.x.
Incongruent skeletal age in 76 myelomeningocele patients was assessed by a single hand and wrist bone-age film. 28 per cent of patients were found to have a bone age of more than two standard deviations from their chronological age. 22 per cent had advanced skeletal age. Below eight years of age, only 11 per cent were advanced, but over this age 32 per cent showed skeletal maturity exceeding chronological age. Gender, neurological level, presence of hydrocephalus and number of shunt revisions did not correlate with the prevalence of advanced bone age.
通过一张手部和腕部骨龄X光片评估了76例脊髓脊膜膨出患者的骨骼年龄不一致情况。发现28%的患者骨龄与其实际年龄相差超过两个标准差。22%的患者骨骼年龄超前。8岁以下，只有11%的患者骨骼年龄超前，但超过这个年龄，32%的患者骨骼成熟度超过实际年龄。性别、神经水平、脑积水的存在以及分流修正次数与骨骼年龄超前的发生率无关。
