Acquired Chiari malformation Type I associated with a fatty terminal filum: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 105 PEDIATRICS, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2006, Pages 329-332

  Abel, Taylor J ^a   Chowdhary, Abhineet ^a   Gabikian, Patrik ^a   Ellenbogen, Richard G ^a   Avellino, Anthony M ^a,b  

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

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiari malformation; Filum terminale; Pediatric neurosurgery; Tonsillar herniation

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BRAIN HERNIA; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KLIPPEL FEIL SYNDROME; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR SPINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE FUSION; TORTICOLLIS; TRACTION THERAPY;

ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; BODY HEIGHT; CAUDA EQUINA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; KLIPPEL-FEIL SYNDROME; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SCOLIOSIS; TORTICOLLIS;

EID: 33845697550     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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