Intervertebral disk calcification: An unusual cause of acquired torticollis in childhood

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 356-359

  Causey, Alan L ^a,b   Evans, Owen B ^a   Lewis Abney, Kay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Emergency Associates for Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

cervical pain; Disk calcifications; torticollis

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MUSCLE SPASM; NECK PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TORTICOLLIS;

EID: 0029817255     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-199610000-00009     Document Type: Article

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