Spontaneous craniocervical osseous fusion resulting from cervical dystonia. Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 95, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2001, Pages 115-118

  Weigel, R ^a   Rittmann, M ^a   Krauss, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial fusion; Cervical dystonia; Ossification; Torticollis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL DYSTONIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSTONIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TORTICOLLIS;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DYSTONIA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; NECK MUSCLES; OCCIPITAL BONE; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034859220     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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