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Causes of Scoliosis

  In approximately 65% of cases the cause of scoliosis is unknown (idiopathic). It is known that there is a genetic predisposition to adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

 Scoliosis may also develop as a result of malformations of the spine present at birth or in association with spina bifida.

Scoliosis may also develop due to unequal leg length or as a result of injury to the spine.

Rarely Scoliosis develops as the result of neurological disease for example poliomyelitis or Friedreich's Ataxia. It may also occur in brittle bone disease (Osteogenesis Imperfecta).

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