Progress in understanding genetic contributions in syndromic and non-syndromic disorders associated with congenital, neuromuscular, and idiopathic scoliosis

The Genetics and Development of Scoliosis

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 127-152

  Giampietro, Philip F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-1406-4_7     Document Type: Chapter

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