Platelet calmodulin levels in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS): Can they predict curve progression and severity? Summary of an electronic focus group debate of the IBSE

European Spine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 257-265

  Lowe, Thomas G ^a   Burwell, R G ^a,b   Dangerfield, P H ^c,d,e  

^a University Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e Sherrington Buildings   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Calmodulin; Idiopathic; Platelets; Scoliosis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CALCIUM; CALMODULIN; MELATONIN; MYOSIN; PHOSPHORUS;

BRACE; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE SURGERY; SYMPOSIUM; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOCYTE VOLUME; TISSUE; VERTEBRA;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PLATELETS; CALMODULIN; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SCOLIOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINE;

EID: 2442687743     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-003-0655-3     Document Type: Review

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