Histomorphometric study of the spinal growth plates in idiopathic scoliosis and congenital scoliosis

• Published in: Pediatrics international Vol. 48; no. 6; pp. 591 - 598
• Main Authors: ZHU, FENG, QIU, YONG, YEUNG, HIU YAN, LEE, KWONG MAN, CHENG, JACK CHUN-YIU
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Melbourne, Australia Blackwell Publishing Asia 01.12.2006
• Subjects: Adolescent; adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; Algorithms; Cell Proliferation; Cell Survival; Child; Chondrocytes; Female; growth plate; Growth Plate - abnormalities; Growth Plate - pathology; Humans; Male; pathogenesis; Scoliosis - congenital; Scoliosis - pathology; Scoliosis - physiopathology; Spine - abnormalities; Spine - pathology; spine column

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). Little is known about the histomorphometry of the anterior and posterior spinal growth plates. Met...