Top theories for the etiopathogenesis of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 31, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  Wang, Wei Jun ^a   Yeung, Hiu Yan ^a   Chu, Winne Chiu Wing ^a   Tang, Nelson Leung Sang ^a   Lee, Kwong Man ^a   Qiu, Yong ^b   Burwell, Richard Geoffrey ^c   Cheng, Jack Chun Yiu ^a,b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b MEDICAL SCHOOL OF NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; bone mineral density; etiopathogenesis; genetics; growth; metabolism

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GROWTH HORMONE; INTERLEUKIN 6; MELATONIN; MELATONIN 1 RECEPTOR; SOMATOMEDIN; STROMELYSIN; SYNTROPHIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE GROWTH; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENT; ETIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORPHOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RESEARCH; SCOLIOSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 78650956117     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPO.0b013e3181f73c12     Document Type: Article

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