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The lengths of 19 tubular bones of the hand were measured on radiographs of 1,585 Japanese children aged 0 to 17 years. The means and standard deviations related to age and sex were calculated and presented in tables. Using the standards, examples of the metacarpophalangeal pattern profile analysis are presented.
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Matsuura, S., Kajii, T. Radiographic measurements of metacarpophalangeal lengths in Japanese children. Jap J Human Genet 34, 159–168 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01912484
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