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Differential wedging of vertebral body and intervertebral disc in thoracic and lumbar spine in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis – A cross sectional study in 150 patients

BACKGROUND: Hueter-Volkmann's law regarding growth modulation suggests that increased pressure on the end plate of bone retards the growth (Hueter) and conversely, reduced pressure accelerates the growth (Volkmann). Literature described the same principle in Rat-tail model. Human spine and its...

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Autores principales: Modi, Hitesh N, Suh, Seung Woo, Song, Hae-Ryong, Yang, Jae-Hyuk, Kim, Hak-Jun, Modi, Chetna H
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2527554/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18700985
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-7161-3-11