Cervical spine abnormalities in Down syndrome

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 250-259

  Frost, M ^a   Huffer, W E ^a   Sze, C I ^a   Badesch, D ^a   Cajade Law, A G ^a   Kleinschmidt Demasters, B K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Degenerative joint disease; Down Syndrome; Skeletal; Trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; SPINAL STENOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032830253     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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