Arcuate foramen and its clinical significance

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1409-1413

  Cakmak, Ozgur ^a   Gurdal, Esra ^a   Ekinci, Gazanfer ^a   Yildiz, Erdem ^b   Cavdar, Safiye ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b ACIBADEM HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; ATLAS; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LACRIMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VERTIGO;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; ATLAS; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 26944483088     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 03795284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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