Cause of idiopathic scoliosis

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 2576-2583

  Machida, Masafumi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

BACK MUSCLE; BODY POSTURE; COLLAGEN METABOLISM; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; MUSCLE DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CALMODULIN; CHILD; HUMANS; MELATONIN; PINEAL GLAND; SCOLIOSIS; SEROTONIN;

EID: 0033572222     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199912150-00004     Document Type: Review

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