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Do all patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy require surgery for the correction of scoliosis?

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boxed-textKinali M et al. (2006) Management of scoliosis in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a large 10-year retrospective study. Dev Med Child Neurol 48: 513–518

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