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GROWTH OF THE EPIPHYSES
JOHN A. SIEGLING
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Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Department of Surgery, University of Chicago
1941 by The American Orthopaedic Association, Inc.
The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.  1941; 23:23-36 
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Abstract

1. Growth of the epiphysis takes place by proliferation of the articular cartilage followed by endochondral ossification.

2. The epiphyseal cartilage is a negligible factor in longitudinal growth of the epiphysis, if it contributes at all.

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