Diseases

Platybasia

A developmental deformity of the occipital bone and upper end of the cervical spine, in which the latter appears to have pushed the floor of the occipital bone upward. (Dorland, 27th ed)

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Abstract

A developmental deformity of the occipital bone and upper end of the cervical spine, in which the latter appears to have pushed the floor of the occipital bone upward. (Dorland, 27th ed)

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Basilar Impression
  • Basilar Impressions
  • Impression, Basilar
  • Impressions, Basilar
  • Platybasias

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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occipital bone abnorm; do not use /congen & do not coord with INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES

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Previous Indexing

  • Occipital Bone/abnormalities (1966)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Platybasia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010985. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010985
  2. Platybasia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platybasia
  3. Platybasia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7202556