The axis ring: A forgotten semiologic sign in the detection of low odontoid fractures

Journal Belge de Radiologie

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 241-245

  Geusens, E ^a   Pans, S ^a   Brys, P ^a   Desruelles, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Atlas and axis; Fractures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AXIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; ODONTOID PROCESS; SPINAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 0036804742     PISSN: 00217646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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