Left-right asymmetries and other common anatomical variants of the first cervical vertebra. Part 1: Left-right asymmetries in C1 vertebrae

Manual Therapy

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 24-36

  Van Roy, P ^a   Caboor, D ^a   De Boelpaep, S ^a   Barbaix, E ^a   Clarys, J P ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; ATLAS; CERVICAL SPINE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL ARTICULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE; ODONTOID PROCESS; OSTEOPHYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0031080137     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/math.1997.0283     Document Type: Article

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