Syringobulbia in a pediatric population

Neurosurgery

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1147-1152

  Greenlee, Jeremy D W ^a   Menezes, Arnold H ^a   Bertoglio, Bryan A ^a   Donovan, Kathleen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Cranial nerve palsy; Dysphagia; Hindbrain herniation; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN HERNIA; BUDD CHIARI SYNDROME; CEREBELLUM; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DATA BASE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DEMOGRAPHY; DURA MATER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT DISORDER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROSURGERY; PARESTHESIA; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; SHUNTING; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SYMPTOM; SYRINGOBULBIA; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WEAKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DURA MATER; FEMALE; FOURTH VENTRICLE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CURVATURES; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 29244447721     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000188282.72429.79     Document Type: Article

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