Foramen magnum syndrome caused by atlanto-occipital assimilation

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 229-231

  Iwata, Atsushi ^a   Murata, Miho ^a   Nukina, Nobuyuki ^a   Kanazawa, Ichiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atlanto axial dislocation; Atlanto occipital assimilation; Cranio cervical junction; Foramen magnum syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FORAMEN MAGNUM SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TENDON REFLEX; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

ADULT; ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SYNDROME;

EID: 0032485032     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(97)00224-4     Document Type: Article

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