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Pediatric spine has two periods of rapid growth of the spine, the first 5 years in life (about 1.4 cm/year), from the age of 10 years until skeletal maturity (about 1.2 cm/year), and from 5–10 years old the growth of spine is slowed down (about 0.6 cm/year).

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  1. Orthopedic Department, Paul L Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 4801 Alberta Avenue, El Paso, Texas, 79905, USA

    Amr Abdelgawad

  2. Children’s Pediatric Practice, 6901 Helen of Troy Drive, El Paso, TX, 79911, USA

    Osama Naga

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  1. Paul L. Foster School of Medicine Department of Orthopaedics, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas, USA

    Amr Abdelgawad

  2. Paul L. Foster School of Medicine Department of Orthopaedics, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas, USA

    Osama Naga

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Abdelgawad, A., Naga, O. (2014). Pediatric Spine. In: Abdelgawad, A., Naga, O. (eds) Pediatric Orthopedics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7126-4_19

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