Management concerns of paediatric congenital atlantoaxial dislocation in the developing milieu

Pan Arab Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 28-37

  Kumar, Raj ^b   Kalra, Samir K ^a,b  

^a Department of Neurosurgery ^*  (India)

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

Author keywords

Paediatric congenital atlantoaxial dislocation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34248211232     PISSN: 13196995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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