Variants and deformities of atlas vertebrae in Eastern Anatolian people

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 322-325

  Kavakli, Ahmet ^a   Aydinlioglu, Atif ^b   Yesilyurt, Hakki ^c   Kus, Ilter ^a   Diyarbakirli, Semih ^c   Erdem, Saadet ^b   Anlar, Ömer ^b  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTERY COMPRESSION; ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; SYMPTOM; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; ATLAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TURKEY;

EID: 1842789067     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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