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Author Affiliations and Disclosures: Behrooz Akbarnia, San Diego Spine Foundation, Growing Spine Foundation (Advisory Board or Panel), Journal of Orthopaedic Science (Advisory Board or Panel), San Diego Spine Foundation (Advisory Board or Panel), Spine (Advisory Board or Panel), Spine Deformity (SRS Journal) (Advisory Board or Panel), K2M (Consultant), Nuvasive (Consultant), Nuvasive (Grants/Research Support), Depuy Synthes (Other Financial or Material Support (royalties, patents, etc), K2M (Other Financial or Material Support (royalties, patents, etc), NociMed (Other Financial or Material Support (royalties, patents, etc), Nuvasive (Other Financial or Material Support (royalties, patents, etc), Springer (Other Financial or Material Support (royalties, patents, etc); Jeff Pawelek, GSF, San Diego Spine Foundation (Advisory Board or Panel), Growing Spine Foundation (Grants/Research Support), Nuvasive (Grants/Research Support); Pooria Hosseini, San Diego Spine Foundation; Pooria Salari, Saint Louis University; Nima Kabirian, San Diego Center for Spinal Disorders; David Marks, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Depuy Synthes (Other Financial or Material Support (royalties, patents, etc), K2M (Speaker), Medtronic (Speaker), Stryker (Speaker); Suken A. 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Akbarnia, B., Pawelek, J., Hosseini, P. et al. Traditional Growing Rod Graduates of Different Etiologic Categories have Similar Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes. Spine Deform 7, 1015–1016 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspd.2019.09.037
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspd.2019.09.037