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Is delay in the development of the osseous centers pathognomonic of thyroid hypofunction?
Author(s) -
GABINUS OLLE
Publication year - 1939
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1939.tb06736.x
Subject(s) - pathognomonic , medicine , pediatrics , brain development , bone development , thyroid , endocrinology , neuroscience , disease , biology
Summary A case is reported of retarded development of the osseous centers in a boy of one year and ten months, in which hypothyreosis can in all likelihood be excluded. The case seems to support Hohenner's hypothesis that the brain influences the development of the osseous centers.