Os odontoideum with cerebellar infarction: A case report

Spine

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1178-1181

  Sasaki, Hayato ^a   Itoh, Tomokazu ^a   Takei, Hiroshi ^a   Hayashi, Masahiro ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebellar infarction; Child; Os odontoideum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATAXIA; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; ODONTOID PROCESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE INSTABILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS;

ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; CEREBELLUM; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GAIT ATAXIA; HUMANS; INFARCTION; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0034192618     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200005010-00020     Document Type: Article

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