Diseases

Spinal Curvatures

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).

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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).

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  • Curvature, Spinal
  • Curvatures, Spinal
  • Spinal Curvature

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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general or unspecified; prefer specifics

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History Note

98; use explode 1970-97

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Previous Indexing

  • Kyphosis (1966-1997)
  • Lordosis (1966-1997)
  • Scoliosis (1966-1997)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Spinal Curvatures. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013121. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013121
  2. Spinal Curvatures. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinal_curvature
  3. Spinal Curvatures. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7577456