Unexpected findings on brain and spine imaging in children

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 507-527

  Piatt Jr , Joseph H ^a,b  

^a ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN TUMOR; BRAIN VEIN; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CHOROID PLEXUS TUMOR; CISTERNOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYGROMA; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LIPOMA; MACROCEPHALY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SPHENOID; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SYRINGOMYELIA; TEMPORAL LOBE; TERATOMA;

ARACHNOID CYSTS; BRAIN DISEASES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LIPOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 1842610006     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-3955(03)00214-1     Document Type: Review

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