Morphometric and qualitative analysis of congenital occipitocervical instability in children: Implications for patients with Down syndrome

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 105 PEDIATRICS, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 50-54

  Browd, Samuel ^b   Healy, Lindsay J ^b   Dobie, Ginger ^b   Johnson III, J Thomas ^b   Jones, Greg M ^b   Rodriguez, Luis F ^b   Brockmeyer, Douglas L ^a  

^a PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Occipitocervical instability; Occipitocervical morphology; Pediatric neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT CAVITY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; OCCIPITOCERVICAL INSTABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATLAS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; JOINT INSTABILITY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; ATLAS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33748449301     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/ped.2006.105.1.50     Document Type: Article

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