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Is decreased bone mineral density associated with development of scoliosis? A bipedal osteopenic rat model

BACKGROUND: An association between adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and osteopenia has been proposed to exist. It is still not clear whether there is such an association and if so, whether osteopenia is a causative factor or a consequence. Our previous pilot studies have suggested the presence of ost...

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Autores principales: Dede, Ozgur, Akel, Ibrahim, Demirkiran, Gokhan, Yalcin, Nadir, Marcucio, Ralph, Acaroglu, Emre
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3217908/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22040734
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1748-7161-6-24