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Prognosis of brace-treated scoliosis: Comparison of the Boston and Milwaukee methods in 244 girls

Fredrik Montgomery Department of Orthopedics, Lund University, Malmö General Hospital, S-214 01, Malmö, Sweden
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Stig Willner Department of Orthopedics, Lund University, Malmö General Hospital, S-214 01, Malmö, Sweden
Pages 383-385 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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Mohammad Taghi Karimi & Timon Rabczuk. (2020) Evaluation of the efficiency of Boston brace on scoliotic curve control: A review of literature. The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine 43:6, pages 824-831.
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