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Case 7 - Ossification of the Nuchal Ligament

from Section 1 - Normal Variants and Mimickers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2018

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Zoran Rumboldt
Edited by
Zoran Rumboldt ,
Alessandro Cianfoni  and
Abhay Varma
Zoran Rumboldt
Affiliation:
Medical University of South Carolina
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Clinical Imaging of Spinal Trauma
A Case-Based Approach
 , pp. 16 - 17
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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