Epidemiology of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Journal of Children's Orthopaedics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-9

  Konieczny, Markus Rafael ^a   Senyurt, Hüsseyin ^a   Krauspe, Rüdiger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; Epidemiology; Prevalence; School screening; Scoliosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873742931     PISSN: 18632521     EISSN: 18632548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11832-012-0457-4     Document Type: Review

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