Abstract
Disproportion between the different large long bones is seen in several skeletal malformations. In many syndromes the disproportion is so obvious that measurements are unnecessary, but the present method may be used to give ‘disproportionate profiles’ in borderline cases, as well as to express numerically the rhizomelic and mesomelic dwarfism.
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Pettersson, H., Ringertz, H. (1991). EX9 Limb bone length ratios/age [radiography]. In: Measurements in Pediatric Radiology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1844-2_35
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