Scoliosis in a child with Chiari I malformation and the absence of syringomyelia: Case report and a review of the literature

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1351-1354

  Tubbs, R Shane ^a,b,c   Doyle, Scott ^b   Conklin, Michael ^b   Oakes, W Jerry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Hindbrain hernia; Neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHIARI FROMMEL SYNDROME; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SYRINGOMYELIA; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ADOLESCENT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; NECK PAIN; REVIEW LITERATURE; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SCOLIOSIS;

EID: 33749020032     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-006-0079-6     Document Type: Article

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