Scoliosis in Steinert syndrome: A case report

Spine Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 212-216

  Themistocleous, George S ^a,b   Sapkas, George S ^a   Papagelopoulos, Panayiotis J ^a   Stilianessi, Eugenia V ^a   Papadopoulos, Elias Ch ^a   Apostolou, Constantinos D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chromosom 19; Neurophatic diseases; Scoliosis; Steinert syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; MALE; MICROGNATHIA; MICROSTOMIA; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SOFT TISSUE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADOLESCENT; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; MALE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; SYNDROME; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 14744297677     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2004.07.035     Document Type: Article

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