Atlantoaxial dislocation associated with the maldevelopment of the posterior neural arch of axis causing compressive myelopathy

Neurology India

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 489-491

  Behari, Sanjay ^a   Kiran Kumar, M V ^a   Banerji, Deepu ^a   Chhabra, Devendra K ^a   Jain, Vijendra K ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Anomalies of axis; Atlantoaxial dislocation; Atlas; Axis; Craniovertebral anomalies; Fusion; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; ATLAS; AXIS; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

ADOLESCENT; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; CHILD; DISLOCATIONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NECK PAIN; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 12144252499     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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