Chiari malformation type I: A new MRI classification

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 397-403

  Amer, Talal A ^a,b   El Shmam, Omran M ^a  

^a Dr Ali Omar Askar Neurosurgery Center   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^b MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Chiari malformation; MRI scan

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HERNIA; CHIARI FROMMEL SYNDROME; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYRINGOMYELIA;

ADULT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPINAL CORD; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 0030806774     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(96)00383-9     Document Type: Article

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