Segmentation defect in the midodontoid process and its possible relationship to the congenital type of os odontoideum

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 34-40

  Currarino, Guido ^a,b  

^a TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Odontoid process; Os odontoideum; Segmentation defect

Indexed keywords

ACHONDROPLASIA; ARTICLE; BONE DYSPLASIA; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EOSINOPHILIC GRANULOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KYPHOSIS; LARSEN SYNDROME; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ODONTOID PROCESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; SPONDYLOEPIPHYSEAL DYSPLASIA;

BONE DISEASES, DEVELOPMENTAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS;

EID: 0036942674     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-001-0579-1     Document Type: Article

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