A clinical scoring system for neurological assessment of high cervical myelopathy: Measurements in pediatric patients with congenital atlantoaxial dislocations

Neurosurgery

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 987-993

  Kumar, Raj ^a   Kalra, Samir K ^a   Mahapatra, Ashok K ^a  

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

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial dislocation; Craniovertebral junction anomalies; Outcome analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; ATLAS; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORY CORTEX; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 37349122825     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000303195.10544.79     Document Type: Article

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