Cartilaginous development of the human craniovertebral junction as visualised by a new three-dimensional computer reconstruction technique

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 269-277

  David, Karoly M ^a   McLachlan, John C ^b   Aiton, James F ^b   Whiten, Susan C ^b   Smart, Steve D ^b   Thorogood, Peter V ^c   Crockard, H Alan ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Skull base

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; ATLAS; AXIS; CARTILAGE; COMPUTER MODEL; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; NOTOCHORD; ODONTOID PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE; SPINA BIFIDA; SPINAL CORD; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE SECTION; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

BASILAR ARTERY; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NOTOCHORD; SKULL; SPINAL CORD; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0031746682     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021878298003331     Document Type: Article

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