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Idiopathic Scoliosis: Infantile and Juvenile

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It “develops rapidly and relentlessly, causing the severest form of orthopaedic cripple with dreadful deformity, marked dwarfi ng and shortening of life”

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  1. Orthopaedic Surgery, San Diego Medical Director, San Diego Center for Spinal Disorders, University of California, 4130 La Jolla, Village Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA

    Behrooz A. Akbarnia MD

  2. Orthopaedic Surgery Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Hacettepe University, 06100 Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey

    Muharrem Yazici MD

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    George H. Thompson MD

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Mundis, G.M., Akbarnia, B.A. (2011). Idiopathic Scoliosis: Infantile and Juvenile. In: Akbarnia, B.A., Yazici, M., Thompson, G.H. (eds) The Growing Spine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85207-0_17

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