Ossification of the posterior atlantoaxial membrane: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-79

  Harimaya, Katsumi ^a,b   Shiba, Keiichiro ^a,b   Nomura, Hiroshi ^a,b   Iwaki, Toru ^a,b   Takemitsu, Yoshiharu ^a,b  

^a SPINAL INJURIES CENTER   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical myelopathy; Ossification; Posterior atlantoaxial membrane

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSSIFICATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LIGAMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037223395     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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