Chiari I anatomy after ventriculoperitoneal shunting: Posterior fossa volumetric evaluation with MRI

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1451-1456

  Osuagwu, Ferdnand C ^a,b   Lazareff, Jorge A ^b   Rahman, Shayan ^b   Bash, Suzie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquired Chiari; Hydrocephalus; Intraventricular hemorrhage; Posterior cranial fossa reduction; V Pshunt

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLIVUS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VOLUMETRY;

ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 33750466165     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-006-0118-3     Document Type: Article

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