Relative shortening and functional tethering of spinal cord in adolescent scoliosis - Result of asynchronous neuro-osseous growth, summary of an electronic focus group debate of the IBSE

Scoliosis

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Chu, Winnie C W ^a   Lam, Wynnie M W ^a   Ng, Bobby K W ^a   Tze ping, Lam ^a   Lee, Kwong Man ^a   Guo, Xia ^b   Cheng, Jack C Y ^a   Burwell, R Geoffrey ^c   Dangerfield, Peter H ^d   Jaspan, Tim ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 48349144017     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17487161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-7161-3-8     Document Type: Review

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