Adult Scoliosis: Etiology and Classification

Seminars in Spine Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-6

  Buchowski, Jacob M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

adult de novo scoliosis; adult idiopathic scoliosis; adult scoliosis; classification; etiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE ATROPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; LORDOSIS; ORGANIZATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 62549161309     PISSN: 10407383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semss.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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