Volumetric analysis of the posterior cranial fossa in a family with four generations of the Chiari malformation Type I

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-24

  Tubbs, R Shane ^a,b   Hill, Mark ^c   Loukas, Marios ^d   Shoja, Mohammadali M ^e   Oakes, W Jerry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^e TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chiari malformation Type I; Familial condition; Hindbrain herniation; Pediatric neurosurgery; Posterior fossa; Volumetric measurement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; NECK PAIN; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PEDIGREE; RHOMBENCEPHALON; TWINS;

EID: 40849145929     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/PED-08/01/021     Document Type: Article

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