Cranio-vertebral transition assessment by magnetic resonance imaging in a sample of a northeast Brazilian population

ABSTRACT Platybasia and basilar invagination are important alterations of the cranial-vertebral transition. Neuroimaging-based platybasia parameters include the Welcker basal angle, distance between the apex of the odontoid and Chamberlain’s line, and the clivus-canal angle. This study aimed to meas...

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Main Authors: Heitor Cabral Frade, Caio César Nuto Leite França, José Jailson Costa do Nascimento, Maurus Marques de Almeida Holanda, Eulâmpio José da Silva Neto, Severino Aires Araújo Neto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2017000700419&lng=en&tlng=en