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A lethal case of atlantoaxial dislocation in a 56‐year‐old woman with Down's syndrome
Author(s) -
Saad K. F. G.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of intellectual disability research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.941
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1365-2788
pISSN - 0964-2633
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2788.1995.tb00550.x
Subject(s) - dislocation , medicine , pediatrics , surgery , condensed matter physics , physics
A case of fatal atlantoaxial dislocation is reported in a 56‐year‐old woman with Down's syndrome. The literature indicates such a case to be a rarity; however, this may be a result of the predominance of younger age samples. The implications of this are discussed.