Anatomical observations of the developmental and spondylotic cervical spinal canal in South African blacks and whites

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 395-400

  Taitz, Cecil ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cervical vertebral foramina; Spondylosis; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SPONDYLOSIS; VERTEBRAL CANAL; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS;

EID: 0029854128     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2353(1996)9:6<395::aid-ca7>3.0.co;2-a     Document Type: Article

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