High selenium may be a risk factor of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 126-127

  Yang, Zongde ^a   Xie, Yang ^a   Chen, Jiayu ^a   Zhang, Diqing ^a   Yang, Changwei ^a   Li, Ming ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SELENIUM;

ARTICLE; FISH; GUPPY CURVE BACK SYNDROME; HEREDITY; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; INCIDENCE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; RISK FACTOR; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE MALFORMATION; TERATOGENICITY; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION;

ADOLESCENT; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SCOLIOSIS; SELENIUM;

ANIMALIA; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 77953360443     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2010.02.006     Document Type: Article

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