Complete occipitalization of atlas vertebra with other congenital malformations - a rare variation
Occipitalization of the atlas vertebra or atlantooccipital fusion represents the most cephaled blocked vertebra found in the vertebral column. It is defined as the congenital bony fusion of the atlas vertebra to the base of the occipital bone of the skull. Out of the sixty skulls studied in the Depa...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2015-01-01
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Series: | National Journal of Clinical Anatomy |
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Online Access: | http://www.njca.info/article.asp?issn=2277-4025;year=2015;volume=4;issue=1;spage=38;epage=39;aulast=Mahajan |