Congenital scoliosis in monozygotic twins: Case report and review of possible factors contributing to its development

Scoliosis

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Kaspiris, Angelos ^a   Grivas, Theodoros B ^a   Weiss, Hans Rudolf ^b  

^a THRIASIO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b Asklepios Katharina Schroth   (Germany)

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EID: 57649216004     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17487161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-7161-3-17     Document Type: Article

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