Chiari type I malformation revisited: Diagnosis and treatment

Neurologist

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 357-362

  Cheng, Joseph S ^a   Nash, John ^a   Meyer, Glenn A ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellar tonsils; Chiari malformation; Posterior fossa; Suboccipital craniectomy

Indexed keywords

ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION TYPE 1; BRAIN STEM; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FIBROMYALGIA; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0036854594     PISSN: 10747931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00127893-200211000-00005     Document Type: Review

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