Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 2-6 , March 2009

Adult Scoliosis: Etiology and Classification

  • Jacob M. Buchowski, MD, MS

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Jacob M. Buchowski, MD, MS, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic and Neurological Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, 660 S. Euclid Ave., Campus Box 8233, St. Louis, MO 63110

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doi: 10.1053/j.semss.2008.12.001

Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 21, Issue 1 , Pages 2-6 , March 2009

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