Occipito-Vertebral Dissociation in Connection with Extensive Cervical Spine Malsegmentation in a Boy with Möbius Syndrome
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I Ludwig-Boltzmann Institute of Osteology, Hanusch Hospital of WGKK and AUVA Trauma Center Meidling, 4th Medical Department, Hanusch Hospital Vienna – Vienna, Austria. II Orthopaedic Hospital of Speising, Paediatric Department Vienna, Austria. Email: [email protected] Tel.: 00 43 1 91021 86924 OCCIPITO-VERTEBRAL DISSOCIATION IN CONNECTION WITH EXTENSIVE CERVICAL SPINE MALSEGMENTATION IN A BOY WITH MÖBIUS SYNDROME
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