The Rib Epiphysis and Other Growth Centers as Indicators of the End of Spinal Growth

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-50

  Hoppenfeld, Stanley ^a,b   Lonner, Baron ^b   Murthy, Vasantha ^a   Gu, Yun ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Proximal humerus; Rib epiphysis; Risser sign; Spinal growth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; BRACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EPIPHYSIS PLATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH INHIBITION; GROWTH PLATE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMERUS; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; ILIAC BONE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB; SPINE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; BODY HEIGHT; BRACES; COHORT STUDIES; EPIPHYSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILIUM; MALE; RIBS; SCOLIOSIS; SEX FACTORS; SPINE; STATISTICS;

EID: 0348047491     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000103941.50129.66     Document Type: Article

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