Maternal Arnold-Chiari type I malformation and syringomyelia: A labor management dilemma

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 445-449

  Parker, Jason D ^a   Broberg, Jeffrey C ^b   Napolitano, Peter G ^a  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DAVID GRANT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arnold Chiari malformation; Labor; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION TYPE I; ARTICLE; BRAIN HERNIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LABOR; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SYMPTOM; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT PLANNING; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PROGNOSIS; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 0036865740     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-36841     Document Type: Article

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