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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Main Authors: PoonamVerma, Seema, Anupama Mahajan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
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