Clinical and radiographic predictors of scoliosis in patients with myelomeningocele

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1389-1394

  Trivedi, Jayesh ^b   Thomson, Jeffrey D ^a   Slakey, Joseph B ^c   Banta, John V ^a   Jones, Peter W ^d  

^a Farmington   (United States)

^b ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Keele University ^*  (United States)

^d KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOCELE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MOBILIZATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; ONSET AGE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SPASTICITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036704089     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200208000-00014     Document Type: Article

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