The role of the autonomic nervous system in the etiology of idiopathic scoliosis: Prospective electron microscopic and morphometric study

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 731-734

  Repko, Martin ^a   Horký, Drahomír ^a   Krbec, Martin ^a   Chaloupka, Richard ^a   Brichtová, Eva ^a   Lauschová, Irena ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Concavity; Electron microscopy; Etiology; Idiopathic scoliosis; Morphometry; Myelin

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; MYELIN SHEATH; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHWANN CELL; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINE SURGERY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS;

EID: 43249093473     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-007-0555-7     Document Type: Article

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