Chiari Type I malformation and syringomyelia in unrelated patients with blepharophimosis: Report of two cases

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 835-838

  Paquis, Philippe ^a   Lonjon, Michel ^b   Brunet, Madeleine ^b   Lambert, Jean Claude ^b   Grellier, Patrick ^b  

^a PASTEUR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blepharophimosis; Chiari malformation; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BLEPHAROPHIMOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHIARI FROMMEL SYNDROME; CRANIECTOMY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPICANTHUS INVERSUS; EYELID DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; RADICULAR PAIN; SCOLIOSIS; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 0031762291     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1998.89.5.0835     Document Type: Article

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