Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and the presence of spinal cord abnormalities

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 2537-2541

  Maiocco, Brian ^a   Deeney, Vincent F ^a,b   Coulon, Richard ^a   Parks Jr , Paul F ^a  

^a OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Idiopathic adolescent scoliosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL CORD MALFORMATION; SPINE MALFORMATION; SYRINGOMYELIA; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL CORD; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 0031427511     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199711010-00014     Document Type: Article

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