Morphological analysis and morphometry of the foramen Magnum: An anatomical investigation

Turkish Neurosurgery

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 416-419

  Chethan, P ^a   Prakash, K G ^b   Murlimanju, B V ^a   Prashanth, K U ^a   Prabhu, Latha V ^a   Saralaya, Vasudha V ^a   Krishnamurthy, Ashwin ^a   Somesh, M S ^c   Kumar, C Ganesh ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Azeezia Institute of Medical Sciences   (India)

^c Sri Sreenivas Institute of Medical Sciences and Research   (India)

Author keywords

Foramen magnum; Morphology; Morphometry; Shape; Skull

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865978226     PISSN: 10195149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.4297-11.1     Document Type: Article

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