Ventral brain stem compression in pediatric and young adult patients with Chiari I malformations

Neurosurgery

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 520-528

  Grabb, Paul A ^a,b   Mapstone, Timothy B ^a   Oakes, W Jerry ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Basilar invagination; Brain stem; Chiari malformation; Children; Odontoid; Pediatric patient

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BASILAR IMPRESSION; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN STEM; BUDD CHIARI SYNDROME; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ODONTOID PROCESS; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032980737     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199903000-00050     Document Type: Article

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