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

European Spine Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1343-1347

  Iliopoulos, Panagiotis ^a   Korovessis, 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

ADOLESCENT; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; ORTHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX WALL; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMARY ARTERIES; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SCOLIOSIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; THORACIC WALL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 34548567935     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-007-0322-1     Document Type: Article

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