Clinical implications of alignment of upper and lower cervical spine

Neurology India

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 264-267

  Sherekar, S ^a   Yadav, Y ^a   Basoor, A ^a   Baghel, Arvind ^a   Adam, Nelson ^a  

^a NSCB MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Cervical spine fusion; Occiput; Spinal alignment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INDIA; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; OCCIPITAL BONE; RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33748437679     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.27149     Document Type: Article

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