Failed age-dependent maturation of the occipital condyle in patients with congenital occipitoatlantal instability and Down syndrome: A preliminary analysis - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 359-364

  Browd, Samuel R ^a,b   McIntyre, J Steele ^b   Brockmeyer, Douglas ^b  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical instability; Down syndrome; Occipital condyle

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; JOINT INSTABILITY; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; MATURATION; MORPHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; AGE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFANT; MALE; OCCIPITAL BONE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; OCCIPITAL BONE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 58149154271     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/PED.2008.2.11.359     Document Type: Article

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