High Prevalence of Scoliosis in Children with Mitral Valve Prolapse.
High scoliosis prevalence (47%) in asthenic MVP children is independent of cardiac severity, suggesting intrinsic skeletal tissue vulnerability. Neuroendocrine and immune mechanistic investigation warranted.
Authors
- Şenay Demir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4209-9075)
- Alev Arslan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4444-0027)
Institutions
- Başkent University (TR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PubMed
- Published
- 2025-11-25
- Primary Topic
- Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00