Spinal cord swelling preceding syrinx development: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 92, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2000, Pages 93-97

  Levy, Elad I ^b   Heiss, John D ^a   Kent, Michael S ^b   Riedel, Charles J ^b   Oldfield, Edward H ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chiari malformation; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CHIARI FROMMEL SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EDEMA; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEIN THROMBOSIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 0033970976     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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