Occipitalization of the atlas in children: Morphologic classification, associations, and clinical relevance

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 571-578

  Gholve, Purushottam A ^a   Hosalkar, Harish S ^a   Ricchetti, Eric T ^a   Pollock, Avrum N ^a   Dormans, John P ^a   Drummond, Denis S ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL FUSION; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; ATLAS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INVAGINATION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ODONTOID PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INSTABILITY;

EID: 33847671044     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.F.00527     Document Type: Article

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