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Search String site:www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov dystrophic (curvature OR scoliosis) (neurofibroma OR neurofibromatosis) scoliosis
22 papers cited July 2007

Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
Discussion: - preadolescents w/ spinal cord injury have> 95% prevalence of scoliosis & 50% of pts have a pelvic obliquity; - progressive kyphoscoliosis results from effects of gravity & loss of spinal musculature; - upto 2/3 of these patients will requre arthrodesis to prevent severe curve progression

Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
Links to selected references with abstracts

Clinical Clerkship Notes
Scoliosis is defined as a curvature of the spine greater than 10 degrees in the AP plane. It is more common and likely to progress in girls.
Contents Etiology, Clinical Assessment, Radiograph Evaluation, Complications, Treatment, Controversies

This online continuing education program is designed to provide nurses and allied health professionals with a comprehensive overview of scoliosis and spinal deformity from "A-Z." The program, which should take approximately one-hour to complete, covers: Spinal anatomy, scoliosis in children and adults, radiographic and other imaging, curve measurement and classification, nonsurgical and surgical treatment,...

Case Studies Scoliosis and Syringomyelia Jean-Louis Tassin, MD France Case I A 28 year old man consults with a major imbalance of the spine (Fig. 3, 4) to the left and front. Neurological examination reveals pyramidal syndrome and impaired sensation in both lower limbs. This patient suffers from a lumbar scoliosis discovered at the adolescence and...

scoliosis notes, links & illustrations

Searched Google Images for allintitle: scoliosis Yield 879 sites in July 2007. Mostly patient education sites.

Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
scoliosis is almost universal in pts who have DMD, and it usually develops after they lose the ability to walk (after age 10 yrs); - early scoliosis develops in 25 % of pts while they are...

Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
by definition juvenile scoliosis develops before age 10; - majority of idiopathic curvatures are right thoracic curves; - left thoracic scoliosis is unusual; - clinically, juvenile scoliosis shows slow progression prior to age 10, but after age 10...

- 2 subtypes: idiopathic and dystrophic; - dysplastic type: (dystrophic) - short, sharply angulated curve which involve only few vertebra; - associated w/: ...

Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics Scoliosis Menu; includes-
- Congenital Scoliosis - Childhood Scoliosis ...

Searches the PubMed Central database of articles for which there is full text access on the NLM site (71 articles July 2007) However, no articles from Scoliosis or Acta Orthopaedica were found in this list so it is not complete. Both these journals provide full text acces.

Search string "Scoliosis"[Majr] yielded 8083 articles July 2007. Click on "Create Bibliography" link to see a more limited search for articles in English in the last 10 years, with abstracts, human subjects only.

Approaches To Differential Diagnosis In Musculoskeletal Imaging Michael L. Richardson, M.D.
Scoliosis occurs relatively frequently in the general population, and its frequency depends upon the magnitude of the curve being described. Scoliosis of greater than 25 degrees has been reported in about 1.5/1000 persons in the United States. Most curves...