Anatomy and prevalence of atlas vertebrae bridges in a kenyan population: An osteological study

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 649-653

  Karau, Paul Bundi ^a   Ogengo, Julius A ^a   Hassanali, Jameela ^a   Odula, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Atlas bridges; Foramina; Gender; Kenyan; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTERY COMPRESSION; ARTICLE; ATLAS; ATLAS BRIDGE; ATLAS LATERAL BRIDGE; ATLAS POSTERIOR BRIDGE; ATLAS RETROTRANSVERSE FORAMEN; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KENYA; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPONDYLOSIS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY COMPRESSION SYNDROME; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CERVICAL ATLAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPHYTE; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77956592664     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.21010     Document Type: Article

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