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Musculoskeletal Diseases > Bone Diseases > Spinal Diseases > Spinal Curvatures

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Spinal Curvatures  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Note

  • general or unspecified; prefer specifics

Scope note

  • Deformities of the SPINE characterized by abnormal bending or flexure in the vertebral column. They may be bending forward (KYPHOSIS), backward (LORDOSIS), or sideway (SCOLIOSIS).

History note

  • 98; use explode 1970-97

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D013121

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