A Review of Pinealectomy-Induced Melatonin-Deficient Animal Models for the Study of Etiopathogenesis of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is a common orthopedic disorder of unknown etiology and pathogenesis. Melatonin and melatonin pathway dysfunction has been widely suspected to play an important role in the pathogenesis. Many different types of animal models have been developed to induce experim...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI
2014
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4200812/ |