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Kyphosis

"Kyphosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Deformities of the SPINE characterized by an exaggerated convexity of the vertebral column. The forward bending of the thoracic region usually is more than 40 degrees. This deformity sometimes is called round back or hunchback.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Kyphosis" by people in this website by year, and whether "Kyphosis" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 19 publications over 15 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2012 and 2015 and 2016 and 2019
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