Upper cervical spine injuries: Age-specific clinical features

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 485-492

  Watanabe, Masahiko ^a   Sakai, Daisuke ^a   Yamamoto, Yukihiro ^a   Sato, Masato ^a   Mochida, Joji ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT HYPERMOBILITY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ODONTOID PROCESS FRACTURE; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; SEATBELT INJURY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 77956507294     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00776-010-1493-x     Document Type: Article

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