[Bilateral failure of fusion between pedicles and body of C7]

B Nicot1, J Peltier, A Fichten

  • 1Service de neurochirurgie, centre hospitalier universitaire d'Amiens, hôpital Nord, Amiens cedex 1, France. benicot9@hotmail.com

Neuro-Chirurgie
|May 3, 2011
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