Pediatric scoliosis predictive blood tests: progress and challenges for clinicians
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Purpose There are great needs for innovative pharmacotherapies in combination with clinical tests to identify asymptomatic children at risk of developing scoliosis and symptomatic ones to predict who may be at risk of scoliotic curve progression. Early detection of scoliosis is critical to broaden the range of treatment options and increases effectiveness. Currently, there are no FDA cleared “presymptomatic” diagnostic tests available for assessing scoliosis in paediatric patients. We have developed a cell-based screening assay for the early diagnosing of presymptomatic subjects and a biochemical blood test for asymptomatic individuals and patients at different disease stage.
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دوره 5 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2010