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Severe Thoraco-lumbar Kyphoscoliosis Associated with Osteoporosis in Siblings - Case study.
Ortopedia, traumatologia, rehabilitacja - 1 Jan 2000
Szumera Edyta, Jasiewicz Barbara, Potaczek Tomasz, Sułko Jerzy, Tęsiorowski Maciej
Abstract excerpt
The incidence of scoliosis among patients with certain systemic diseases is much higher than in the general population. Moreover, the onset of the scoliosis is in early childhood before the age of 5 and the deformity reaches extreme values. We present the clinical course of two siblings with multiple musculoskeletal deformities, osteoporosis, severe kyphoscolisis and an undiagnosed systemic disease. The onset of...
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