TY - JOUR AU - Zheng, Xin AU - Wang, Weijun AU - Qian, Bangping AU - Wang, Shoufeng AU - Zhu, Zezhang AU - Wang, Bin AU - Sun, Xu AU - Ding, Yitao AU - Qiu, Yong PY - 2014 DA - 2014/12/13 TI - Accelerated endochondral growth in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis: a preliminary histomorphometric study JO - BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders SP - 429 VL - 15 IS - 1 AB - Abnormal longitudinal growth has been identified in the early pubertal stage of idiopathic scoliosis (IS) and is thought to contribute to the development of scoliosis. This phenotype may be caused by abnormal endochondral ossification, but histological evidence is lacking. The aim of this study was to investigate whether there is abnormal endochondral ossification in IS patients at early stage of puberty by histomorphometric analysis of their iliac cartilage. SN - 1471-2474 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-15-429 DO - 10.1186/1471-2474-15-429 ID - Zheng2014 ER -