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Scoliosis is a condition that involves complex lateral and rotational curvature and deformity of the spine. It is typically classified as congenital (or infantile), juvenile, adolescent, adult or neuromuscular. Cause The cause of scoliosis is poorly understood. There is a clear Mendelian inheritance but with incomplete penetrance. Various causes have been implicated, but none have consensus among scientists as the cause of scoliosis. Scoliosis is more common in females and is often seen ...
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Scoliosis Organizations
- National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- Nemours Foundation http://www.Nemours.org
- Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com
- American Academy of Family Physicians http://www.aafp.org/
- American Medical Association http://www.ama-assn.org/
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases http://www.niams.nih.gov/
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons http://www.aaos.org/
- American Physical Therapy Association http://www.apta.org/
- Muscular Dystrophy Association http://www.mdausa.org/
- Shriners Hospitals for Children
- Scoliosis Research Society http://srs.org/
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, HHS http://www.ninds.nih.gov/
- MayoClinic http://www.mayoclinic.com/
- Cleveland Clinic http://www.clevelandclinic.org
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