Atlantoaxial instability in Lesch-Nyhan syndrome

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 757-762

  Shewell, Peter C ^a   Thompson, Alistair G ^a  

^a ROYAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cervical instability; Lesch Nyhan syndrome; quadriplegia

Indexed keywords

HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LESCH NYHAN SYNDROME; MALE; NECK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INSTABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; CHILD; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LESCH-NYHAN SYNDROME; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029869969     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199603150-00020     Document Type: Article

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