Os odontoideum: A case report of one identical twin

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 706-709

  Verska, Joseph M ^a   Anderson, Paul A ^b  

^a Intermountain Orthopedics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

C1 C2 fusion; C1 C2 instability; OS ondontoideum; twins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; ODONTOID PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ARTHRODESIS; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; BONE SCREWS; BONE WIRES; FEMALE; HUMANS; NECK; NECK INJURIES; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0030909443     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199703150-00026     Document Type: Article

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