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Posterior arch defect in a dry atlas

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  1. Department of Anatomy and Human Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Valencia, Av Blasco Ibanez,15, 46010, Valencia, Spain

    Juan A. Sanchis-Gimeno & Luis Aparicio

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Sanchis-Gimeno, J.A., Aparicio, L. Posterior arch defect in a dry atlas. Eur Spine J 20, 1574–1575 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-011-1715-8

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