Embryology and bony malformations of the craniovertebral junction

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 523-564

  Pang, Dachling ^a,b,d   Thompson, Dominic N P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital malformations; Cord compression; Craniovertebral junction; Embryology; Genetic control; Malformation; Occipital cervical fusion; Occipital cervical instability; Primary somitogenesis; Sclerotomal resegmentation; Surgery

Indexed keywords

APLASIA; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; AUDITORY OSSICLE; BASILAR IMPRESSION; BONE DYSPLASIA; BONE MALFORMATION; CLIVUS; CRANIOVERTEBRAL JUNCTION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; EMBRYOLOGY; GASTRULATION; GENETIC REGULATION; HOX GENE; HUMAN; MESENCHYME; NONHUMAN; ODONTOID PROCESS; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCLEROTOME; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; HUMANS; OCCIPITAL BONE;

EID: 79953825137     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-010-1358-9     Document Type: Review

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