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J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1999;66:357-364 ( March ) full text
Basilar impression complicating osteogenesis imperfecta type IV: the clinical and neuroradiological findings in four cases
OBJECTIVES To describe the clinical and neuroradiological features of basilar impression in patients with osteogenesis imperfecta type IV. METHODS Four patients with basilar impression were ascertained in...

American Journal of Neuroradiology 26:89-92, January 2005 Full text
METHODS: We retrospectively evaluated midline sagittal MR images in 200 adults and 50 children.
CONCLUSION: Both the standard and modified MR imaging techniques produced basal angles lower than those previously reported with standard radiography. The modified technique uses clearly featured landmarks that can...

European Neurology 2007;58:62-64 (Full text) Historical Note:Descriptions of the flattening (platybasia) of the skull base and the upward displacement(impression) of the basilar and condylar portions of the occipitalbone by the upper cervical spine date to the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Anatomical measurements to display these abnormalities were begun in...

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