Craniovertebral anomalies: Role for craniovertebral realignment

Neurology India

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 427-429

  Goel, Atul ^a,b  

^a LILAVATI HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; BASILAR INVAGINATION; BONE MALFORMATION; CHIARI FROMMEL SYNDROME; CRANIOVERTEBRAL ANOMALY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EDITORIAL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INVAGINATION; NERVE COMPRESSION; SKELETON TRACTION; SKULL MALFORMATION; SPINE FUSION; SYRINGOMYELIA; TORTICOLLIS; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

BASILAR ARTERY; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; SKULL; SPINE; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 12144258582     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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