Does overgrowth of costal cartilage cause pectus excavatum? A study on the lengths of ribs and costal cartilages in asymmetric patients

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1333-1336

  Nakaoka, Tatsuo ^a   Uemura, Sadashige ^a   Yano, Tsunehiro ^a   Nakagawa, Yoshikiyo ^a   Tanimoto, Terutaka ^a   Suehiro, Shigefumi ^b  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

3D CT; Costal cartilage; Pectus excavatum; Rib

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB; RIB CARTILAGE; ROTATION; STERNUM; THORAX; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARTILAGE DISEASES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RIBS; THORACIC WALL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649313529     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.09.023     Document Type: Article

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