Genetics of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis in the post-genome-wide association study era.

Linlu Zhao, Darren M Roffey, Suzan Chen

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Article in Annals of translational medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

Gut microbiota alterations in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a comparison study with healthy control and congenital scoliosis.Spine deformity · 2025
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Gut Microbiota Alterations in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Are Associated with Aberrant Bone Homeostasis.Orthopaedic surgery · 2024
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Knowledge mapping of idiopathic scoliosis genes and research hotspots (2002-2022): a bibliometric analysis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023
Review
Association of FBN1 polymorphism with susceptibility of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a case-control study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2022
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Methylation of Estrogen Receptor 1 Gene in the Paraspinal Muscles of Girls with Idiopathic Scoliosis and Its Association with Disease Severity.Genes · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Linlu Zhao1 Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada ; 2 University of Ottawa Spine Program, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada ; 3 Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

Darren M Roffey1 Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada ; 2 University of Ottawa Spine Program, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada ; 3 Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

Suzan Chen1 Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada ; 2 University of Ottawa Spine Program, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada ; 3 Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Identifiers

PMID26046082

DOI10.3978/j.issn.2305-5839.2015.03.54

PMCPMC4437951

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