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Table of Content Volume 13 Issue 1 - January 2020

 



Spectrum of thoracic vertebral synostosis with its clinical implications and embryological significance

 

Meera Jacob1, Bindhu Nair2*, Ramakrishna Avadhani3

 

1Assistant Professor, 2Associate Professor, 3Professor & HOD, Department of Anatomy, Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore Karnataka.

Email: meera_jacob83@yahoo.co.in , rkavadhani@rediffmail.com , nairbindhu@yahoo.com

 

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