Etiologic theories of idiopathic scoliosis: The breaking of bilateral symmetry in relation to left-right asymmetry of internal organs, right thoracic adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) and vertebrate evolution

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 123, Issue , 2006, Pages 385-390

  Burwell, R G ^a   Dangerfield, P H ^b   Freeman, B J C ^a   Aujla, R K ^a   Cole, A A ^a   Kirby, A S ^a   Pratt, R K ^a   Webb, J K ^a   Moulton, A ^c  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c KING S MILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bilateral symmetry; etiology; evolution; ribs; Scoliosis; situs; vertebrae

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION;

BILATERAL SYMMETRY; ETIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; RIBS; SCOLIOSIS; SITUS; VERTEBRAE;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; SCOLIOSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; VERTEBRA;

ADOLESCENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; SCOLIOSIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 39049189752     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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