Pathogenesis of Chiari malformation: A morphometric study of the posterior cranial fossa

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 40-47

  Nishikawa, Misao ^a,b   Sakamoto, Hiroaki ^a   Hakuba, Akira ^a   Nakanishi, Naruhiko ^a   Inoue, Yuichi ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

basilar invagination; Chiari malformation; occipital bone; posterior cranial fossa; skull base; syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN MAPPING; CHIARI FROMMEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MORPHOMETRICS; MYELODYSPLASIA; OCCIPITAL BONE; PATHOGENESIS; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031024218     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1997.86.1.0040     Document Type: Article

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