Chiari I malformation and acute acquired comitant esotropia: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 102 PEDIATRICS, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2005, Pages 407-412

  Hentschel, Stephen J ^b   Yen, Kimberly G ^b   Lang, Frederick F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acute acquired comitant esotropia; Chiari malformation; Pediatric surgery

Indexed keywords

ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; BINOCULAR VISION; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVERGENT STRABISMUS; CRANIECTOMY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROOPHTHALMOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRABISMUS SURGERY; ACUTE DISEASE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DURA MATER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DURA MATER; ESOTROPIA; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE;

EID: 20344382075     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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