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Idiopathic scoliosis as a presenting sign of familial neurologic abnormalities.
Spine - 1 Jan 2003
Inoue Masatoshi, Nakata Yoshinori, Minami Shohei, Kitahara Hiroshi, Otsuka Yoshinori, Isobe Keijiro, Takaso Masashi, Tokunaga Makoto, Itabashi Takashi, Nishikawa Shinsuke, Moriya Hideshige
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STUDY DESIGN: Familial cases of "idiopathic" scoliosis associated with neurologic abnormalities are reported with a review of the literature. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prevalence of neurologic abnormalities such as syringomyelia, Chiari 1 malformation, and tonsillar ectopia in patients with genetically determined "idiopathic" scoliosis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Idiopathic scoliosis is widely considered to...
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