Surgical experience of syringomyelia with reference to the findings of magnetic resonance imaging

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 273-279

  Kyoshima, Kazuhiko ^a   Kuroyanagi, Takayuki ^b   Toriyama, Toshihide ^c   Takizawa, Takeomi ^a   Hirooka, Yunoshin ^a   Miyama, Hiroshi ^a   Tanabe, Akihiko ^a   Oikawa, Susumu ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Asama General Hospital   (Japan)

^c Department of Urology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chiari malformation; Classification; Magnetic resonance imaging; Surgical treatment; Syringomyelia; Tight cisterna magna

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CISTERNA MAGNA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DECOMPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

EID: 1542344403     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2003.02.015     Document Type: Article

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