Achondroplasia: unusual bone abnormalities of the cervical spine
β Scribed by Luigi Ferrante; Michele Acqui; P. Celli; Antonio Santoro; Aldo Fortuna
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 608 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0344-5607
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β¦ Synopsis
We report the case of an achondroplastic child in whom severe morphological and postural abnormalities of the cervical vertebrae were coupled with only mild and stable neurological deficits. The pathogenesis of the abnormalities is discussed.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
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