Posterior osseous bridging of C1

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 686-688

  Simsek, Serkan ^a   Yigitkanli, Kazim ^a   Comert, Ayhan ^b   Acar, Halil I ^b   Seckin, Hakan ^a   Er, Uygur ^a   Belen, Deniz ^a   Tekdemir, Ibrahim ^a   Elhan, Alaittin ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Arcuate foramen; Atlas; Osseous bridge; Posterior ponticulus, C1

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; CERVICAL SPINE; INCIDENCE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 43049138737     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2007.06.004     Document Type: Article

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