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The etiology of congenital scoliosis: genetic vs. environmental-a report of three monozygotic twin cases.
European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society - 1 Jul 2018
Cho Woojin, Shepard Nicholas, Arlet Vincent
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PURPOSE: To describe the presence of congenital scoliosis in a genetically identical population as it relates to the possible genetic vs. environmental etiologic factors. METHODS: The authors describe three cases of congenital scoliosis in monozygotic twins. The first pair includes two 4-year-old girls presenting with mirror curves, one of whom had an associated stage I Chiari malformation. The second pair is a...
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