Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), environment, exposome and epigenetics: A molecular perspective of postnatal normal spinal growth and the etiopathogenesis of AIS with consideration of a network approach and possible implications for medical therapy

Scoliosis

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Burwell, R Geoffrey ^a   Dangerfield, Peter H ^b,c,d   Moulton, Alan ^e   Grivas, Theodoros B ^f  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e KING S MILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f TZANEIO GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

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EID: 82455188309     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17487161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-7161-6-26     Document Type: Review

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