Comparison of the melatonin and calmodulin in paravertebral muscle and platelets of patients with or without adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

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Volumn 34, Issue 18, 2009, Pages

  Acaroglu, Emre ^a   Akel, Ibrahim ^a   Alanay, Ahmet ^a   Yazici, Muharrem ^a   Marcucio, Ralph ^b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; Calmodulin; Melatonin; Muscle; Platelet

Indexed keywords

CALMODULIN; MELATONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; MALE; MUSCLE; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THROMBOCYTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD PLATELETS; CALMODULIN; CHILD; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SCOLIOSIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69749103594     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181a3c7a2     Document Type: Article

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