Cervical encephalocele in a newborn - Chiari III malformation. Case report and review of the literature

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 373-375

  Häberle, Johannes ^a   Hülskamp, Georg ^a   Harms, Erik ^a   Krasemann, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brian stem anomaly; Cervical encephalocele; Chiari III malformation; Newborn

Indexed keywords

ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM TENTORIUM; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOCELE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MUSCLE REFLEX; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL BONE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL REFLEX; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ENCEPHALOCELE; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OCCIPITAL BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 17744380619     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810000434     Document Type: Article

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