Congenital spondylolysis of the axis with associated myelopathy: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 84-86

  Kubota, Motoo ^a   Saeki, Naokatsu ^a   Yamaura, Akira ^a   Yamamoto, Yoshiaki ^a   Nemoto, Yuko ^a   Fukutake, Toshio ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axis; Cervical spondylolysis; Congenital spondylolysis; Hangman fracture; Myelopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NERVE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL RECORD; MYELOGRAPHY; NECK; NERVE FUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SPINA BIFIDA; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPONDYLOLYSIS;

AXIS; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; ROTATION; SPONDYLOLYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037220719     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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