Congenital cervical spinal fusion; a study in apert syndrome

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 20-27

  Thompson, Dominic N P ^a   Slaney, Sarah F ^b   Hall, Christine M ^a   Shaw, Don ^a   Jones, Barry M ^a   Hayward, Richard D ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apert syndrome; Cervical spine; Congenital spinal fusion; Craniosynostosis; Vertebral fusion

Indexed keywords

ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION;

ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION;

EID: 0030477180     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: 14230305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000121091     Document Type: Article

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