Ocular torticollis: A new explanation for the abnormal head-posture of Alexander the Great

Lancet

Volumn 347, Issue 9000, 1996, Pages 521-523

  Lascaratos, John ^a   Damanakis, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY POSTURE; BROWN SYNDROME; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TORTICOLLIS;

EID: 0030048381     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)91144-7     Document Type: Article

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