Primary Thoracolumbar Scoliosis in Pinealectomized Chickens

Spine

Volumn 28, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 2499-2504

  Cheung, Kenneth M C ^a   Wang, T ^b   Hu, Y G ^b   Leong, John C Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chicken; Lordosis; Pinealectomy; Thoracolumbar scoliosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHICKEN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; LUMBAR SPINE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PINEALECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SCOLIOSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACIC SPINE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; PINEAL GLAND; SCOLIOSIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0344926291     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000092366.30032.97     Document Type: Article

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