Spontaneous resolution of a Cervicothoracic syrinx in a child. Case report and review of the literature

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-46

  Avellino, Anthony M ^a   Britz, Gavin W ^a   McDowell, James R ^b   Shaw, Dennis W ^a   Ellenbogen, Richard G ^a   Roberts, Theodore S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Memorial Clinic Research Center   (United States)

^c SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiari type I malformation Magnetic resonance imaging; Spinal cord; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 0032930988     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028760     Document Type: Article

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