Traumatic vertical atlantoaxial instability in a case of atlanto- occipital coalition

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1033-1035

  Weiner, Bradley K ^a   Brower, Richard S ^a,b  

^a SUMMA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

atlantoaxial instability; cervical spine trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HEMIDIAPHRAGM; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARALYSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; ATLAS; AXIS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 0030959964     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199705010-00019     Document Type: Article

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