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Scoliosis (cont.)

Authors and Editors

Author: Jason C Eck, DO, MS, Staff Physician, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Memorial Hospital

Editor: Melissa Conrad Stoppler, MD, Chief Medical Editor, eMedicineHealth.com

Previous Contributing Authors and Editors

Author: James J McKeith, MD, MSHA, FACEP, FAAEM, Chairman and Medical Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, Santa Rosa, CA.

Coauthor: Halleh Akbarnia, MD, Staff Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University Health Systems.

Editors: Michael D Burg, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University Medical Center, University of California at San Francisco-Fresno; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Thomas Rebbecchi, MD, FAAEM, Program Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey


Last Editorial Review: 6/5/2007




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