Traumatic Atlanto-occipital Dislocation with Long-term Survival: —Case Report—

Neurologia medico-chirurgica

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 36-39

  Yamaguchi, Narihito ^a   Ikeda, Kiyonobu ^a   Ishise, Jun ^a   Yamashita, Junkoh ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

atlanto occipital dislocation; cervical spinal cord stimulation; magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SCINTISCANNING; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; CHILD; DISLOCATIONS; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030054181     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.36.36     Document Type: Article

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