Acquired atlantoaxial instability in children with spastic cerebral palsy

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 335-341

  Tsirikos, Athanasios I ^a   Chang, Wei Ning ^b   Shah, Suken A ^a   Miller, Freeman ^a  

^a NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial instability; Children; Spastic cerebral palsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; APNEA; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE TONE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OPISTHOTONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPASTICITY; SPINE FUSION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TORTICOLLIS;

EID: 0038076440     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01241398-200305000-00011     Document Type: Article

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