Spontaneous resolution of isolated Chiari I malformation

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 201-203

  Jatavallabhula, N S ^a   Armstrong, J ^a   Sgouros, S ^a   Whitehouse, W ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chiari malformation; Hindbrain hernia; Spontaneous resolution; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN HERNIA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSMETRIA; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CEREBELLUM; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 32544436233     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-005-1213-6     Document Type: Article

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