Radiographic method to assess the prevalence of sacral spina bifida occulta

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 170-174

  Albrecht, Trenna L ^a   Scutter, S D ^a   Henneberg, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anatomical variation; Australia; Cadavers; Sacrum; Spina bifida occulta; Vertebral arch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRUM; SPINA BIFIDA; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA; X RAY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SACRUM; SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA;

EID: 33846990142     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20367     Document Type: Article

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