Rare diseases · Sign or symptom

Accelerated skeletal maturation

Advanced bone age

HP:0005616

What it means

An abnormally increased rate of skeletal maturation. Accelerated skeletal maturation can be diagnosed on the basis of an estimation of the bone age from radiographs of specific bones in the human body.

Rare diseases that can present with this45

The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.

Part of the broader category

Also called: Early bone maturation · Premature epiphyseal closure · Premature epiphyseal ossification · Premature fusion of the epiphyseal growth plate

Accelerated skeletal maturation

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This page uses the Human Phenotype Ontology (2026-06-23) — Human Phenotype Ontology Consortium, hpo.jax.org. Disease associations from Orphanet (INSERM), CC BY 4.0. Content is educational and is not medical advice.