Radiological analysis of ponticulus posticus in Koreans

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-49

  Cho, Yong Jae ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arcuate foramen; Atlas; Ponticulus posticus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KOREA; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PONTICULUS POSTICUS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL ATLAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL ABNORMALITIES; PREJUDICE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62749175799     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2009.50.1.45     Document Type: Article

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