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The importance of imperfect pre-clinical models in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.
Disease models & mechanisms - 1 Aug 2025
Sepich Diane S, Gray Ryan S, Ahituv Nadav, Gurnett Christina A, Rios Jonathan J, Solnica-Krezel Lila, Wise Carol A
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Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is a twisting spinal deformity that occurs in otherwise healthy children at the time of rapid pre-pubescent growth. AIS affects ∼3% of children worldwide and is the most common musculoskeletal diagnosis in pediatric populations, posing a significant physiological, psychosocial and financial burden to patients. Genetic predisposition is a clear and major contributor to AIS,...
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