Obesity management in Prader–Willi syndrome: current perspectives by Crinò A, Fintini D, Bocchini S, Grugni G

“…The clinical picture includes short stature, multiple endocrine abnormalities (hypogonadism, growth hormone/insulin-like growth factor-I axis dysfunction, hypothyroidism, central adrenal insufficiency), dysmorphic features, scoliosis, osteoporosis, mental retardation, and behavioral and psychiatric problems. …”
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Trematode infections in frogs: Do all cercarial morphotypes infect and induce effects on the common hourglass tree frog, <i>Polypedates</i> <i>cruciger</i>? by N.U.K. Pathirana, R.S. Rajakaruna

“…Both cercariae types induced axial malformations such as kyphosis and scoliosis. The exposures incurred no changes to the size of tadpoles, but types H and I prolonged their growth period. …”
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Gender Differences in the VDR-FokI Polymorphism and Conventional Non-Genetic Risk Factors in Association with Lumbar Spine Pathologies in an Italian Case-Control Study by Alessandra Colombini, Marco Brayda-Bruno, Lucia Ferino, Giovanni Lombardi, Vincenzo Maione, Giuseppe Banfi, Sabina Cauci

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Morphometric analysis of dry human lumbar vertebrae by Prenika Shangloo, Anjum Chowdhary, Nusrat Jabeen, Bonita Gupte

“…As a result, various changes in the spine took place and the human spine became more prone to diseases such as scoliosis, spondylolisthesis, osteoporosis of vertebrae and many more. …”
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Case Report of Neonatal Sotos Syndrome with a New Missense Mutation in the <i>NSD1</i> Gene and Literature Analysis in the Chinese Han Population by Hui-Ying Jin, Hai-Feng Li, Jia-Lu Xu, Wang Hui, Wen-Cong Ruan, Cheng-Cheng Lv, Ren-Ai Xu, Shu Qiang

“…Subsequent treatment and follow-up should focus on developmental retardation, epilepsy, and scoliosis.…”
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Multidisciplinary Management of Rett Syndrome: Twenty Years’ Experience by Sandra Vilvarajan, Madeleine McDonald, Lyndal Douglas, Jessica Newham, Robyn Kirkland, Gloria Tzannes, Diane Tay, John Christodoulou, Susan Thompson, Carolyn Ellaway

“…Data collected included age of Rett syndrome diagnosis, <i>MECP2</i> genotype, clinical features and medical comorbidities, such as sleep disturbance, seizures, breathing irregularities, scoliosis, mobility, hand stereotypies, hand function, constipation, feeding ability, use of gastrostomy, communication skills, QTc prolongation, anthropometry, and bruxism. …”
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SLC39A8 gene encoding a metal ion transporter: discovery and bench to bedside by Daniel W. Nebert, Zijuan Liu

“…Traits with which SLC39A8-deficiency variants are currently associated include Mn2+-deficient hypoglycosylation; numerous birth defects; Leigh syndrome-like mitochondrial redox deficiency; decreased serum high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol levels; increased body mass index; greater risk of coronary artery disease, hypotension, cardiovascular death, allergy, ischemic stroke, schizophrenia, Parkinson disease, inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn disease, myopia, and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; systemic lupus erythematosus with primary Sjögren syndrome; decreased height; and inadvertent participation in the inflammatory progression of osteoarthritis.…”
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Slight pelvic obliquity is normal in a healthy population: a cross‐sectional study by Alireza Moharrami, Peyman Mirghaderi, Nima Hoseini Zare, Mir Mansour Moazen‐Jamshidi, Mazaher Ebrahimian, Seyed Mohammad Javad Mortazavi

“…Slight pelvic obliquity may be normal, and physicians should not always assume that it is caused by pain, scoliosis, or weakness of the abductors. Level of evidence III.…”
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2349 by Rowland Han, Yan Yan, Abhaya Kulkarni, T.S. Park, Matthew Smyth, Jennifer Strahle, David Limbrick

“…RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: Risk factors that we anticipate will be predictive of long-term clinical outcome include signs and symptoms at onset (bulging fontanel, splayed sutures, papilledema, up-gaze palsy, headache, vomiting, lethargy), head circumference above the 97th percentile, frontal-occipital horn ratio greater than 0.4, etiology of meningitis or neonatal intraventricular hemorrhage, central nervous system comorbidities (seizures, Chiari malformation, scoliosis, periventricular leukomalacia), preoperative infection or sepsis, and frequent shunt revisions or infections. …”
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Operative strategies for ankylosing spondylitis-related thoracolumbar kyphosis: focus on the cervical stiffness, coronal imbalance and hip involvement by Wei Zhang, Wen Yin, Xilong Cui, Zihao Chai, Guohui Zheng, Ya Ding, Hongliang Wang, Yunlei Zhai, Haiyang Yu

“…Spinal-pelvic-femoral parameters were measured, Scoliosis Research Society outcome instrument-22 (SRS-22) was used and complications were recorded and analysed. …”
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Low back pain in children and adolescents: Real life experience of 106 patients by Ozge Gulsum Illeez, Pinar Akpinar, Fatma Esra Bahadir Ulger, Feyza Unlu Ozkan, Ilknur Aktas

“…Sixty-two patients (58.4%) were diagnosed with non-specific low back pain, 24 (22.6%) with lumbar disc herniation, six (5.6%) with inflammatory low back pain, five (4.7%) with spondylolysis (with accompanying listhesis in two), five (4.7%) with scoliosis, and four (3.7%) with Scheuermann Disease. …”
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Prenatal diagnosis identifies compound heterozygous variants in RYR1 that causes ultrasound abnormalities in a fetus by Qiuling Zhao, Xiaoduo Li, Li Liu, Xu Zhang, Xin Pan, Hong Yao, Yongyi Ma, Bo Tan

“…Abstract Objective We presented a non-consanguineous healthy Chinese couple with five pregnancies, three early miscarriages, the fetus II-2 and II-5 with similar abnormal phenotypes of fetal hydrops, scoliosis, fetal akinesia and polyhydramnios. This study aimed to uncover the molecular etiology of this family with a history of multiple adverse pregnancies. …”
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A rare clinical case of surgical treatment of a periarticular cyst of the facet joint of the lumbar spine by Vitaliy E. Potapov, Zinaida V. Koshkareva, Aleksandr P. Zhivotenko, Oksana V. Sklyarenko, Anatoly V. Gorbunov, Sergey D. Glotov, Vladimir A. Sorokovikov

“…When examining the local status, a forced posture with a bowed head and torso forward was noted; smooth lumbar lordosis and antalgic right-sided scoliosis; tension of paravertebral muscles. Neurological examination revealed LVradiculopathy on the left with moderate paresis of the extensor muscles of the left foot and ipsilateral Lasgue's positive test. …”
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Tratamiento de la escoliosis neuromuscular en niños pequeños con parálisis cerebral espástica grave: revisión sistemática de la bibliografía by Patricio Manzone

“…Materiales y Métodos: Búsqueda en PubMed, Google Scholar, Cochrane Library, BVS/BIREME, LILACS y SciELO, entre enero de 2009 y noviembre de 2020, con los descriptores: “cerebral palsy, scoliosis, early-onset, treatment”. Se eliminaron los artículos duplicados, no relacionados con la investigación, sin texto completo, con pocos pacientes con parálisis cerebral espástica, sin discriminación etiológica, sin resultados y con edad avanzada. …”
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Two patients with congenital myasthenic syndrome caused by COLQ gene mutations and the consequent ColQ protein defect by Qiting Zhang, Qianqian Sha, Kai Qiao, Xiaoli Liu, Xiaohui Gong, Ailian Du

“…Results: The diagnosis of CMS was based on a symptom combination of fatigable muscle weakness, ptosis, scoliosis, and hypotonia, aggravation of muscle weakness after the neostigmine test, and a 46% decrement in repetitive nerve stimulation. …”
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Imaging in a Rare Case of Neonatal Arterial Tortuosity Syndrome by Maria Cristina Inserra, Alessia Di Mari, Giulia Passaniti, Maria Teresa Cannizzaro, Giuliana La Rosa, Daniela Poli, Placido Gitto, Laura Patanè, Placido Romeo

“…Like other connective tissue disorders, ATS can present with joint laxity, hernias, pectus excavatum, scoliosis or other musculoskeletal abnormalities, and ocular defects. …”
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Adverse events of replacement therapy in children with growth hormone deficiency by M. Aryayev, L. Senkivska

“…None of the children experienced serious adverse events such as scoliosis progression, slipped capital femoral epiphysis, edema, and impaired vital functions. …”
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Ultrasonographic images of spina bifida before obstetric anesthesia: a case series by Mayuko Doi, Yasuyoshi Sakurai, Daisuke Sakamaki, Soichiro Tanaka, Nobuyuki Katori, Shoichi Uezono

“…Lumbar radiography before pregnancy showed congenital abnormalities such as incomplete fusion, scoliosis, rotation, and a notably small sacrum. Lumbar ultrasonography showed the same bone defect. …”
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Role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Evaluation of Spinal Dysraphism by Ramanna channegowda Hosagavi, Venkat Gundappa Masimade, KS Kishore

“…Vertebral anomalies were the most common spinal anomalies in patients with congenital spinal lesions followed by spina bifida, tethered cord, scoliosis, syrinx and diastematomyelia. Of all the vertebral anomalies, spina bifida was the most common (73.3%).Lumbosacral spine was most common site of involvement in 11 cases (36.65%). …”
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MYH3‐associated distal arthrogryposis zebrafish model is normalized with para‐aminoblebbistatin by Julia Whittle, Lilian Antunes, Mya Harris, Zachary Upshaw, Diane S Sepich, Aaron N Johnson, Mayssa Mokalled, Lilianna Solnica‐Krezel, Matthew B Dobbs, Christina A Gurnett

“…Heterozygous smyhc1R673H/+ embryos developed notochord kinks that progressed to scoliosis with vertebral fusions; motor deficits accompanied the disorganized and shortened slow‐twitch skeletal muscle myofibers. …”
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