Spine
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A quality-control Internet-based study using recognized quality-scoring systems. ⋯ The overall quality of information regarding discectomy remains poor and variable despite an exponential increase in the number of users and Web sites, with a slight trend toward improvement, only 20% to 30% are of good quality, compared with that 10 years ago (<10%). Presence of Health on the Net code is a very reliable marker for health information quality.
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Vaccination of spinal cord injury (SCI) mice with myelin basic protein-derived peptide (A91) pulsed dendritic cells (DC) to enhance brain-derived neurotrophic factor and neurotrophin-3 (NT-3) expression in injured spinal cord. ⋯ The findings of study demonstrate that the therapeutic strategy of vaccination A91-DC is a potential minimally invasive approach that could provide strong neurotrophic factor support after SCI.
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Review Meta Analysis
Prevalence of scoliosis among primary and middle school students in Mainland China: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Systematic review and meta-analysis of published prevalence of scoliosis among primary and middle school students in Mainland China. ⋯ Meta-analyses showed that the prevalence of scoliosis in Mainland China was 1.02% among the primary and middle school students. The prevalence of scoliosis in females was higher than in males and the ratio was 1.54. As they grew older, the prevalence of scoliosis increased in the students.