Unsuspected agenesis of the odontoid peg in a trauma patient

Injury

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 61-62

  Mulhall, K J ^a   McCabe, J P ^a  

^a Merlin Park University Hospital   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ODONTOID PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0033987724     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(99)00206-5     Document Type: Article

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