Structural Properties of the Axis Studied in Cadaveric Specimens

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 418, Issue , 2004, Pages 134-140

  Korres, Dimitrios S ^a,d   Karachalios, Theofilos ^b   Roidis, Nikolaos ^b   Lycomitros, Vassilios ^a   Spiliopoulou, Chata A ^a   Lyritis, George ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^c KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; AXIS; BONE DENSITY; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL BONE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRABECULAR BONE;

EID: 0942276456     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-200401000-00021     Document Type: Article

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