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01-12-2008 | Letter to the Editor

Response to reply to the letter to the editor concerning “Gebauer et al.: Subdental synchondrosis and anatomy of the axis in aging: a histomorphometric study on 30 autopsy cases. Eur Spine J 15(3):292–298, 2006”: The basis of the dens axis. Where is it located?

Authors: Xiao-ping Wang, Zhi-cheng Deng, Zhen-jiao Liang, Yu-min Tu

Published in: European Spine Journal | Issue 12/2008

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Title: Response to reply to the letter to the editor concerning “Gebauer et al.: Subdental synchondrosis and anatomy of the axis in aging: a histomorphometric study on 30 autopsy cases. Eur Spine J 15(3):292–298, 2006”: The basis of the dens axis. Where is it located?
Authors: Xiao-ping Wang
Zhi-cheng Deng
Zhen-jiao Liang
Yu-min Tu
Publication date: 01-12-2008
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: European Spine Journal / Issue 12/2008
Print ISSN: 0940-6719
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0932
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-008-0808-5

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