Spontaneous resolution of syringomyelia without Chiari malformation - Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 512-517

  Ozisik, Pinar Akdemir ^a   Hazer, Burcu ^a   Ziyal, Ibrahim M ^a   Ozcan, Osman Ekin ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chiari malformation; Spontaneous resolution; Syringobulbia; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CHIARI FROMMEL SYNDROME; CISTERNA MAGNA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; LIFESTYLE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SYRINGOMYELIA;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 33750520752     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.46.512     Document Type: Article

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