Progressive non-infectious anterior vertebral fusion, split cord malformation and situs inversus visceralis

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Al Kaissi, Ali ^a,b   Ben Chehida, Farid ^c   Ben Ghachem, Maher ^b   Grill, Franz ^d   Klaushofer, Klaus ^a  

^a HANUSCH HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^c Ibn Zohr Institute   (Tunisia)

^d Orthopaedic Hospital of Speising   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCLEROSIS; SITUS INVERSUS; SPINAL CORD MALFORMATION; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPLIT CORD MALFORMATION; THORACIC SPINE;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; SACRUM; SITUS INVERSUS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 33845722323     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-7-94     Document Type: Article

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