Cerebral spinal fluid flow, venous drainage and spinal cord compression in achondroplastic children: Impact of magnetic resonance findings for decompressive surgery at the cranio-cervical junction

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 10-20

  Brühl, Klaus ^a   Stoeter, Peter ^a   Wietek, Beate ^a   Schwarz, Manfred ^a   Humpl, Tilman ^a   Schumacher, Reinhard ^a   Spranger, Jürgen ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Achondroplasia; Cerebral spinal fluid flow; Cranio cervical junction; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic resonance phlebography

Indexed keywords

ACHONDROPLASIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0035170804     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00008410     Document Type: Article

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