title: Higher genetic threshold for progressive adolescent idiopathic scoliosis in male individuals: commentary on an article by Lisa M. Kruse, MD, et al.: "Polygenic threshold model with sex dimorphism in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: the Carter effect".
authors.affiliation: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Cole
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020412:Multifactorial Inheritance / Q000235:genetics*; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics*