Magnetic resonance imaging of the craniocervical junction at 3-T: Observation of the accessory atlantoaxial ligaments

Neurosurgery

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 888-892

  Yuksel, Murvet ^a   Heiserman, Joseph E ^b   Sonntag, Volker K H ^b  

^a KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

3 T; Accessory atlantoaxial ligament; Anatomy; Craniocervical junction; Magnetic resonance imaging; Stability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 33750062262     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000232661.24547.06     Document Type: Article

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