Review of cervical spine anomalies in genetic syndromes

Spine

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  McKay, Scott D ^a   Al Omari, Ali ^a   Tomlinson, Lauren A ^a   Dormans, John P ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cervical spine anomalies; Cervical spine instability children; deletion syndrome; diastrophic dysplasia; down syndrome; genetic disorders; larsen syndrome; pseudoachondroplasia

Indexed keywords

ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLY; ATELOSTEOGENESIS TYPE 1; BONE DYSPLASIA; CAMPOMELIC DYSPLASIA; CERVICO OCCULO ACOUSTIC SYNDROME; CHONDRODYPLASIA PUNCTATA; CHROMOSOME DELETION 22Q11; CLEIDOCRANIAL DYSOSTOSIS; DIASTROPHIC DYSPLASIA; DOWN SYNDROME; DYGGVE MELCHOIR CLAUSEN SYNDROME; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME IV; FACIOGENITAL DYSPLASIA; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FRONTOMETAPHYSEAL DYSPLASIA; GENETIC DISORDER; GOLDENHAR SYNDROME; HAJDU CHENEY SYNDROME; HUMAN; HURLER SYNDROME; KLIPPE FEIL SYNDROME; KNIEST DYSPLASIA; LARSEN SYNDROME; MARFAN SYNDROME; MAROTEAUX LAMY MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS SYNDROME; MARSHALL SMITH SYNDROME; METAPHYSIS DYSOSTOSIS; METATROPIC DYSPLASIA; MORQUIO SYNDROME; MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS; MULTIPLE EPIPHYSEAL DYSPLASIA; OSSIFYING MYOSITIS; OSTEOPATHIN STRIATA; OSTEOSCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOACHONDROPLASIA; PYCNODYSOSTOSIS; REVIEW; SPINE DISEASE; SPONDYLOCARPOTARSAL SYNOSTOSIS SYNDROME; SPONDYLOEPIMETAPHYSEAL DYSPLASIA; SPONDYLOEPIPHYSEAL DYSPLASIA CONGENITA; SPONDYLOMETAPHYSEAL DYSPLASIA KOZLOWSKI TYPE; WEAVER SYNDROME;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HUMANS; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 84857911403     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31823b3ded     Document Type: Review

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