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SUBMITTER: Giampietro PF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3638777 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Giampietro P F PF Raggio C L CL Blank R D RD McCarty C C Broeckel U U Pickart M A MA
Molecular syndromology 20130201 1-2
Congenital vertebral malformations (CVM) pose a significant health problem because they can be associated with spinal deformities, such as congenital scoliosis and kyphosis, in addition to various syndromes and other congenital malformations. Additional information remains to be learned regarding the natural history of congenital scoliosis and related health problems. Although significant progress has been made in understanding the process of somite formation, which gives rise to vertebral bodie ...[more]