Background The cartilage of the epiphyseal plate might be 2–5 times weaker than surrounding fibrous tissue; therefore epiphyseal (growth) plates are very sensitive to their surrounding mechanical ...
More than 35 y ago, Prader, Tanner, and von Harnack observed that children undergo supranormal linear growth after release from growth-inhibiting conditions (1). This phenomenon, termed catch-up ...
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