Degenerative Changes in the Cervical Spine Are More Common in Middle-Aged Individuals with Thalidomide Embryopathy than in Healthy Controls

• Shadi A. Ghassemi Jahani ,

  * E-mail: ghasemi.shadi@gmail.com; shadi-afarin.ghassemi@vgregion.se

  Affiliations Department of Orthopaedics, Kungälv Hospital, 442 41, Kungälv, Sweden, Department of Orthopaedics, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, 413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden

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• Aina Danielsson,

  Affiliations Department of Orthopaedics, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, 413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden, Department of Orthopaedics, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, 413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden

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• Rana Ab-Fawaz,

  Affiliations Department of Radiology, Section of Musculoskeletal Radiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, 413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden, Department of Radiology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, 413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden

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• Hanna Hebelka,

  Affiliations Department of Radiology, Queen Silvia Children Hospital, 413 19, Gothenburg, Sweden, Department of Radiology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, 413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden

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• Barbro Danielson,

  Affiliations Department of Radiology, Section of Musculoskeletal Radiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, 413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden, Department of Radiology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, 413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden

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• Helena Brisby

  Affiliations Department of Orthopaedics, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, 413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden, Department of Orthopaedics, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, 413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden

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