Scoliosis detection, patient characteristics, referral patterns and treatment in the absence of a screening program in Norway

Scoliosis

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Adobor, Raphael D ^a   Riise, Rolf B ^a   Sørensen, Roger ^a   Kibsgård, Thomas J ^a   Steen, Harald ^a   Brox, Jens I ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

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EID: 84867745753     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17487161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-7161-7-18     Document Type: Article

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