Ossified ligamentum flavum of the atlantoaxial region

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 486-489

  Nadkarni, Trimurti D ^a   Menon, Ram Kumar ^a   Desai, Ketan I ^a   Goel, Atul ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Atlas; Axis; Craniovertebral junction; Ligamentum flavum; Ossified

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; ATLAS; AXIS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXCISION; HUMAN; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MALE; NECK INJURY; NEUROLOGY; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OSTEOGENESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 19744363145     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2004.06.017     Document Type: Article

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