Dimensions of the posterior fossa in patients symptomatic for Chiari I malformation but without cerebellar tonsillar descent

Cerebrospinal Fluid Research

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Sekula Jr , Raymond F ^a   Jannetta, Peter J ^a   Casey, Kenneth F ^a   Marchan, Edward M ^a   Sekula, L Kathleen ^b   McCrady, Christine S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM TENTORIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLIVUS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEURALGIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL MALFORMATION; SPHENOID; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33845210960     PISSN: 17438454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-8454-2-11     Document Type: Article

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