An association between the flat back and postpolio syndromes: A report of three cases

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 324-326

  Ring, David ^a,b   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^a   Scuderi, Gaetano ^a   Klein, Greg ^a   Green, Daniel ^a   Garfin, Steven R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; POLIOMYELITIS; POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL RISK;

EID: 0030998556     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(97)90042-3     Document Type: Article

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