Chiari I malformation accompanied by assimilation of the atlas, Klippel-Feil syndrome, and syringomyelia: case report

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 497-502

  Kagawa, Masahiro ^a   Jinnai, Takahiro ^a   Matsumoto, Yoshihito ^a   Kawai, Nobuyuki ^a   Kunishio, Katsuzo ^b   Tamiya, Takashi ^a   Nagao, Seigo ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Assimilation of atlas; Chiari I malformation; Klippel Feil syndrome; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; ATLAS; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; KLIPPEL FEIL SYNDROME; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL BONE; ODONTOID PROCESS; PARESTHESIA; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE SURGERY; SYRINGOMYELIA; X RAY;

ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; ATLAS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMANS; KLIPPEL-FEIL SYNDROME; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; SYRINGOMYELIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33646055126     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2005.06.034     Document Type: Article

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