Atlantoaxial instability in Os odontoideum with myelopathy

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1435-1439

  Watanabe, Masahiko ^a   Toyama, Yoshiaki ^a   Fujimura, Yoshikazu ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

atlantoaxial instability; atlantoaxial subluxation; os odontoideum

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODONTOID PROCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTATION; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029897156     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199606150-00007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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