The progression of untreated lumbar kyphosis and the compensatory thoracic lordosis in myelomeningocele

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 326-330

  Doers, Thomas ^a,c   Walker, Janet L ^a   Van Den Brink, Keith D ^a   Stevens, David B ^a   Heavilon, Jeffrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Orthopaedies of Muncie   (United States)

^c Shriners Hospital for Children   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACIC SPINE;

EID: 0030926649     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1997.tb07439.x     Document Type: Article

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