Osteophytosis of the cervical spine in South African blacks and whites

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 103-109

  Taitz, Cecil ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Entrapment; Nerve root; Spondylosis; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; OSTEOPHYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; SPONDYLOSIS;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; AXIS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOUTH AFRICA; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS;

EID: 0033013041     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2353(1999)12:2<103::AID-CA4>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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