Three cases of hindbrain herniation in adults with comments on some diagnostic difficulties

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 137-142

  Wurm, G ^a   Pogady, P ^a   Markut, H ^b   Fischer, J ^c  

^a Neurosurgical Department   (Austria)

^b Neurological Department   (Austria)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Arnold Chiari deformity; Demyelinating disease; Hindbrain herniation; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN HERNIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0029875042     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688699650040278     Document Type: Article

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