Arnold-Chiari malformation with syringomyelia in an elderly woman

Age and Ageing

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 399-400

  Geroldi, Cristina ^c   Frisoni, Giovanni B ^c   Bianchetti, Angelo ^c   Trabucchi, Marco ^a   Bricolo, Albino ^b  

^a GERIATRIC RESEARCH GROUP   (Italy)

^b BORGO TRENTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arnold Chiari malformation; Elderly people; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; AGED; ARM; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN HERNIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD; SYRINGOMYELIA; THORAX;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 0032808375     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/28.4.399     Document Type: Article

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