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Are there conditions (rare or common) that make bones never close or close after 40? what other symptoms would u see? can spine keep growing til 40?
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Bones not close: 1.yes many but need more information on you. 2. Spine has stopped growing by forty (usually by 20s) and starts shrinking. So you get shorter from now now. 3. Discuss in more detail with your health team.
Answered 4/25/2017
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