Critical analysis of the Chiari malformation Type I found in children with lipomyelomeningocele

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 106, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2007, Pages 196-200

  Tubbs, R Shane ^a,b   Bui, Cuong J ^a   Rice, William C ^a   Loukas, Marios ^c,d   Naftel, Robert P ^a   Holcombe, Michael Paul ^a   Oakes, W Jerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Grenada)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiari malformation Type I; Hindbrain; Lipomyelomeningocele; Pediatric neurosurgery; Spinal dysraphism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34248581712     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/ped.2007.106.3.196     Document Type: Article

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