Pediatric atlas fracture: A case of fracture through a synchondrosis and review of the literature

Neurosurgery

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 991-995

  Judd, Daniel B ^a   Liem, Leon K ^a   Petermann, Greg ^a  

^a TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlas fractures; Cervical; Diastasis; Pediatric; Synchondrosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATLAS; BRACE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034129088     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200004000-00043     Document Type: Article

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