Paleopathological Features of the Cervical Spine in the Early Middle Ages: Natural History of Degenerative Diseases

Neurosurgery

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1418-1424

  Weber, Jochen ^a   Czarnetzki, Alfred ^b   Spring, Axel ^a   Gerszten, Peter C ^c   Goodrich, James T ^c   Sonntag, Volker K H ^c   Benzel, Edward C ^c  

^a Leopoldina Hospital   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Degenerative disease; Paleopathology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; ATLANTOAXIAL SUBLUXATION; ATLAS; AXIS; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL FORAMEN STENOSIS; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPHYTE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SKELETON; SPINE DISEASE; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0344443357     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000094951.54541.18     Document Type: Article

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