Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 70, Issue 8 , Pages 339-344 , August 2007

Cervical Spinal Stenosis and Myelopathy Due to Atlas Hypoplasia

  • Yu-Hone Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Wen-Cheng Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Kang-Du Liou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Yang-Hsin Shih

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Liang-Shong Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Henrich Cheng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Center for Neural Regeneration, Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Henrich Cheng, Neural Regeneration Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 322, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Received 11 September 2006 ,Accepted 12 December 2006.

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PII: S1726-4901(08)70015-7

doi: 10.1016/S1726-4901(08)70015-7

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 70, Issue 8 , Pages 339-344 , August 2007

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