Current understanding of genetic factors in idiopathic scoliosis

The Genetics and Development of Scoliosis

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 167-190

  Wise, Carol A ^a   Sharma, Swarkar ^a  

^a TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-1406-4_9     Document Type: Chapter

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