Odontoid lateral mass asymmetry: Do we over-investigate?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 625-627

  Harty, J A ^a,b   Lenehan, B ^a   O'Rourke, S K ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b The Mews   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL SUBLUXATION; BONE DEFORMATION; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TORTICOLLIS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 23944491671     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2003.014100     Document Type: Article

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