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Infantile idiopathic scoliosis comes in two basic varieties, benign or resolving and progressive, which is potentially fatal.
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- Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome
- Early Onset Scoliosis
- Chest Wall Deformity
- Serial Casting
- Full Correction
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Sanders, J.O. (2011). Casting for Early Onset Scoliosis. In: Akbarnia, B.A., Yazici, M., Thompson, G.H. (eds) The Growing Spine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85207-0_26
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