Magnetic resonance venography of achondroplasia: correlation of venous narrowing at the jugular foramen with hydrocephalus

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 195-200

  Moritani, Toshio ^a   Aihara, Toshinori ^a   Oguma, Eiji ^a   Makiyama, Yasuhide ^a   Nishimoto, Hiroshi ^a   Smoker, Wendy R K ^b   Sato, Yutaka ^b  

^a SAITAMA CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Achondroplasia; central nervous system; Children; Hydrocephalus; Magnetic resonance (MR); Venography

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NEUROLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT;

ACHONDROPLASIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HYDROCEPHALUS; VENOGRAPHY;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ACHONDROPLASIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE; VEIN OCCLUSION;

ACHONDROPLASIA; ADOLESCENT; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFANT; JUGULAR VEINS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 33646048597     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2005.10.004     Document Type: Article

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