Natural history

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 2592-2600

  Weinstein, Stuart L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; BACK PAIN; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SCOLIOSIS;

EID: 0033572221     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199912150-00006     Document Type: Review

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