Infantile scoliosis in Marfan syndrome

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 509-516

  Sponseller, Paul D ^a,d   Sethi, Navin ^a   Cameron, Duke E ^a   Pyeritz, Reed E ^b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALLEGHENY SINGER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

infantile scoliosis; Marfan syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRACE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HIP DISLOCATION; HUMAN; INFANT DISEASE; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYLORUS STENOSIS; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE SURGERY; STERNUM; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BONE DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; LENS SUBLUXATION; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 0030933514     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199703010-00008     Document Type: Article

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