Morphometric analysis of the foramen magnum: An anatomic study

Neurosurgery

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 385-388

  Tubbs, R Shane ^a   Griessenauer, Christoph J ^a   Loukas, Marios ^b   Shoja, Mohammadali M ^c   Cohen Gadol, Aaron A ^c  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b St George's University

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Craniocervical junction; Foramen magnum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; FORAMEN MAGNUM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEPHALOMETRY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCIPITAL BONE; SKULL BASE;

EID: 75749143475     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000363407.78399.BA     Document Type: Article

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