Posterior fossa dimension and volume estimates in pediatric patients with Chiari I malformations

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 329-336

  Trigylidas, T ^a   Baronia, B ^a   Vassilyadi, M ^a   Ventureyra, E C G ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chiari I malformation; Posterior fossa volume; Syringomyelia; Tonsillar ectopia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CANADA; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEPHALOMETRY; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 39049095691     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-007-0432-4     Document Type: Article

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