Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 22, Issue 3 , Pages 132-139 , September 2010

The Surgical Treatment of Congenital Cervical and Cervicothoracic Deformity

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doi: 10.1053/j.semss.2010.03.008

Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 22, Issue 3 , Pages 132-139 , September 2010

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