Arnold-Chiari malformation type I in military conscripts: Symptoms and effects on service fitness

Military Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 174-176

  Mäkelä, Jyrki P ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; CHIROPRACTIC; COUGHING; DIZZINESS; DROP ATTACK; DYSESTHESIA; DYSPHAGIA; EXERCISE; FINLAND; FITNESS; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SAFETY; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SOLDIER; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 32144454028     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.171.2.174     Document Type: Review

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