Variations of the position of the cerebellar tonsil in idiopathic scoliotic adolescents with a cobb angle >40°: A magnetic resonance imaging study

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 1680-1686

  Sun, Xu ^a   Qiu, Yong ^a   Zhu, Zezhang ^a   Zhu, Feng ^a   Wang, Bin ^a   Yu, Yang ^a   Qian, Bangping ^a  

^a MEDICAL SCHOOL OF NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Cerebellar tonsil; Etiopathogenesis; Idiopathic scoliosis; MRI; Tonsillar herniation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM TONSIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECTOPIC TISSUE; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CHORISTOMA; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SEX FACTORS; SPINE;

EID: 34447317533     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318074d3f5     Document Type: Article

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