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Congenital Disorders of the Cervical Spine

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Radiological interpretation of the infant’s spine may be difficult and a clear understanding of its appearance at different ages is essential if deformity and malalignment are to be recognized. Normal development of the cervical spine is discussed in the section on cervical trauma.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Robert N. Hensinger

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  1. Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, University of Oxford, Windmill Road, Oxford, OX3 7LD, United Kingdom

    Michael Benson

  2. Sick Children, Great Ormond Street Hospital for, Greater Ormond Street, London, WC1N 3JH, United Kingdom

    John Fixsen

  3. Orthopaedic Hospital, Princess Margaret Rose, Frogston Road West 41-43, Edinburgh, EH10 7ED, United Kingdom

    Malcolm Macnicol

  4. Orthopädie, Olgahospital, Bismarckstr. 8, Stuttgart, 70176, Germany

    Klausdieter Parsch

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Hensinger, R.N. (2010). Congenital Disorders of the Cervical Spine. In: Benson, M., Fixsen, J., Macnicol, M., Parsch, K. (eds) Children's Orthopaedics and Fractures. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-611-3_34

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