The frequency and clinical significance of congenital defects of the posterior and anterior arch of the atlas

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 399-402

  Senoglu, Mehmet ^a   Safavi Abbasi, Sam ^a   Theodore, Nicholas ^a   Bambakidis, Nicholas C ^a   Crawford, Neil R ^a   Sonntag, Volker K H ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agenesis; Arch; Atlas; Congenital defect

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ATLAS; ATLAS MALFORMATION; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE MALFORMATION;

EID: 35348873083     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/SPI-07/10/399     Document Type: Conference Paper

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