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The prevalence of unclosed transverse foramina in the cervical spine of a South African population sample

Published Online: 2026-02-16

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Nalla, Shahed https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0957-1067
Noorbhai, Naa’ilah

Paton, Glen J. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3519-9625
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University of Johannesburg
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Article History

Received: 28 September 2025

Accepted: 26 January 2026

First Online: 16 February 2026

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: The authors declare no conflict of interest. This research received no specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.

: This study was compiled with all relevant ethical guidelines for research on human skeletal remains. Ethical approval was granted by the University of Johannesburg Faculty Research Ethics Committee (REC-2521-2023). Formal permission for skeletal access and analysis was provided by the Curator and Collection Access Committee of the University of the Witwatersrand (Clearance Certificate: W-CBP-220504-01). All data were anonymized.

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