Lumbosacral transitional vertebra: Clinical and forensic implications

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Kanchan, T ^a   Shetty, M ^b   Nagesh, K R ^a   Menezes, R G ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NITTE DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Congenital sacral anomaly; Forensic science; Lumbosacral vertebra; Remains identification; Transitional vertebra

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; INDIA; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; LUMBOSACRAL TRANSITIONAL VERTEBRA; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; RARE DISEASE; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; DENTAL RECORDS; DENTITION; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; SACRUM;

EID: 63449111157     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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