Background: Previous studies have suggested that the relative anterior spinal overgrowth may play an important role in the etiopathogenesis of spinal deformity in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS)
Study Design.A genetic association study to comprehensively investigate variations of melatonin receptor 1B gene polymorphism by a set of tagging single nucleotide polymorphisms (tagSNPs) derived from
The goal of this study was to determine if neurofibromin is expressed in cultured human osteoblasts and chondrocytes that were isolated from ilia and ilial growth plate.
Background: Based on the "uncoupled neuro-osseous growth" theory, the hypothesized etiology of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), a shorter spinal cord or a higher conus location, could be found i