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Editorial
. 2019 Mar;5(1):174-175.
doi: 10.21037/jss.2019.01.01.

Compensatory or pathologic?-cervical spine sagittal alignment in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Kenneth Aaron Shaw  1 , Joshua S Murphy  2
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Editorial

Compensatory or pathologic?-cervical spine sagittal alignment in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Kenneth Aaron Shaw et al. J Spine Surg. 2019 Mar.
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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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