The craniovertebral junction, between osseous variants and abnormalities: insight from a paleo-osteological study

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Paola Saccheri1, Luciana Travan2
1Department of Medicine, Section of Human Anatomy, University of Udine, P.le Kolbe 3, 33100, Udine, Italy.
2Department of Medicine, Section of Human Anatomy, University of Udine, Udine, Italy

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