Symptomatic atlantoaxial instability in Down syndrome

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 103 PEDIATRICS, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2005, Pages 231-237

  Nader Sepahi, Ali ^a   Casey, Adrian T H ^a   Hayward, Richard ^a   Crockard, H Alan ^a   Thompson, Dominic ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial instability; Craniovertebral instability; Down syndrome; Os odontoideum; Pediatric neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; ATLANTOAXIAL SUBLUXATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISABILITY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NECK PAIN; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE FUSION; TREATMENT FAILURE; BONE SCREW; JOINT INSTABILITY; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; NECK PAIN; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27244437086     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/ped.2005.103.3.0231     Document Type: Article

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