Morphometric measurements of cadaveric thoracic spine in Indian population and its clinical applications

Asian Spine Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 20-34

  Singh, Roop ^a   Srivastva, Sunil Kumar ^a   Prasath, Chittode Sachudanandam Vishnu ^a   Rohilla, Rajesh Kumar ^a   Siwach, Ramchander ^a   Magu, Narender Kumar ^a  

^a POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Indian; Morphometry; Pedicle; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859385677     PISSN: 19761902     EISSN: 19767846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4184/asj.2011.5.1.20     Document Type: Article

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