Pediatric atlantoaxial dislocation: Nuances in management

Journal of Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-8

  Kumar, Raj ^a   Kalra, Samir K ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial dislocation; Basilar invagination

Indexed keywords

ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; BASILAR IMPRESSION; BRACE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CHIARI FROMMEL SYNDROME; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MALNUTRITION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORTHOSIS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SKELETON TRACTION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 33847774294     PISSN: 13042580     EISSN: 18759041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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