Dimensions of the craniocervical junction in longitudinal analysis of normal growth

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 763-769

  Arponen, Heidi ^a   Evälahti, Marjut ^a   Waltimo Sirén, Janna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Basilar impression; Basilar invagination; Craniocervical junction; Platybasia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ODONTOID PROCESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL BASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKULL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954425984     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-009-1058-5     Document Type: Article

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