Evolution of anterior chest wall blood supply in female adolescents with progressive right-convex thoracic idiopathic scoliosis

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 190-194

  Korovessis, Panagiotis ^a   Iliopoulos, Panagiotis ^a   Koureas, Georgios ^a   Zacharatos, Spyridon ^a   Stergiou, Panagiotis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adolescent thoracic scoliosis; Chest blood supply; Color Doppler ultrasonography; Etiology idiopathic scoliosis; Internal mammary artery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRACE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; ORTHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORACOLUMBOSACRAL ORTHOSIS; THORAX WALL; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAMMARY ARTERIES; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SCOLIOSIS; SEX FACTORS; THORACIC WALL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 34247862226     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bsd.0000211267.66615.ac     Document Type: Article

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