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01-08-2008 | Letter to the Editor

Letter to the editor concerning: “Subdental synchondrosis and anatomy of the axis in aging: a histomorphometric study on 30 autopsy cases by M. Gebauer et al. (2006) Eur Spine J 15(3):292–298”

Authors: Xiao-Ping Wang, Wei-Li Qi, Kang-Mei Kong, Xin-Jia Wang

Published in: European Spine Journal | Issue 8/2008

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Dear Editor: …

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Title: Letter to the editor concerning: “Subdental synchondrosis and anatomy of the axis in aging: a histomorphometric study on 30 autopsy cases by M. Gebauer et al. (2006) Eur Spine J 15(3):292–298”
Authors: Xiao-Ping Wang
Wei-Li Qi
Kang-Mei Kong
Xin-Jia Wang
Publication date: 01-08-2008
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: European Spine Journal / Issue 8/2008
Print ISSN: 0940-6719
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0932
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-008-0688-8

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