Spectrum of occipitoatlantoaxial injury in young children

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 93, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2000, Pages 28-39

  Sun, Peter P ^a   Poffenbarger, Glen J ^b   Durham, Susan ^b   Zimmerman, Robert A ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atlantooccipital joint; Cervical spine injury; Children; Craniocervical injury; Magnetic resonance imaging; Tectorial membrane

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; BASILAR IMPRESSION; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COCHLEA DUCT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033945013     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2000.93.1.0028     Document Type: Article

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