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Axial CT scan depicting the clinical staging of maturation (stages 1, 2, 3a and 3b) from the comparison group. A secondary centre of ossification (stage 2) was deemed to be present only if a growth plate was definitely either partially or completely visible between the ossification centre and the metaphysis.
