Scheuermann disease; evaluation of radiological criteria and population prevalence

Spine

Volumn 38, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 1690-1694

  Makurthou, Ater A ^a   Oei, Ling ^a,b   Saddy, Salih El ^a   Breda, Stephan J ^a   Castaño Betancourt, Martha C ^a,b   Hofman, Albert ^a   Van Meurs, Joyce B J ^a,b   Uitterlinden, André G ^a,b   Rivadeneira, Fernando ^a,b   Oei, Edwin H G ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands Genomics Initiative   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Dutch; Endplate irregularities; Epidemiology; Kyphosis; Lateral spine radiographs; Osteochondrosis; Population based; Prevalence; Radiographical criteria; Rotterdam study; Scheuermann disease; The netherlands; Thoracic spine; Vertebral wedging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHEUERMANN DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SCHEUERMANN DISEASE;

EID: 84888380667     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31829ee8b7     Document Type: Article

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