Posterior fossa volume in children with Chiari malformation Type I

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 105 PEDIATRICS, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages 101-106

  Sgouros, Spyros ^a   Kountouri, Melpomeni ^a   Natarajan, Kal ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chiari I malformation; Hindbrain hernia; Pediatric neurosurgery; Posterior fossa volume; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN SIZE; CHIARI FROMMEL SYNDROME; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNT INFECTION; SKULL DEVELOPMENT; SYRINGOMYELIA; AGE; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; BRAIN STEM; ENCEPHALOCELE; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ENCEPHALOCELE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SEX FACTORS; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 33748554853     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/ped.2006.105.2.101     Document Type: Article

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