Chiari type I malformations in adults: A morphometric analysis of the posterior cranial fossa

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 237-241

  Aydin, Sabri ^a   Hanimoglu, Hakan ^a   Tanriverdi, Taner ^a   Yentur, Ercument ^a   Kaynar, Mehmet Yasar ^a,b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chiari malformations; Posterior fossa; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION TYPE I; ARTICLE; BRAIN HERNIA; CEREBELLAR TONSIL HERNIATION; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RANK SUM TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYRINGOMYELIA;

ADULT; AGED; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEPHALOMETRY; COHORT STUDIES; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 23744501946     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2005.02.021     Document Type: Article

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