PEDIATRICS Vol. 68 No. 2 August 1981, pp. 251-252
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Height Predictions in Girls with Idiopathic Precocious Puberty by the Bayley-Pinneau Method

John L. Kirkland MD1, Ann R. Gibbs BS1, Rebecca T. Kirkland MD1, and George W. Clayton MD1

1 Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston

Eleven girls with idiopathic precocious puberty had height predictions determined at various ages prior to obtaining mature heights. The Bayley-Pinneau method of height prediction produced both overestimation and underestimation. Height predictions were more accurate at chronologic ages approaching mature heights.

Submitted on October 13, 1980
Accepted on December 10, 1980