Acquired Chiari I malformation and syringomyelia after valveless lumboperitoneal shunt in infancy

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 229-233

  Riffaud, Laurent ^a   Moughty, Carolina ^a   Henaux, Pierre Louis ^a   Haegelen, Claire ^a   Morandi, Xavier ^a  

^a PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Chiari malformation; Lumboperitoneal shunt; Shunt dependency; Syringomyelia; Tonsillar herniation

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL NEVUS SYNDROME; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DYSAUTONOMIA; FOLLOW UP; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LUMBOPERITONEAL SHUNT; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNTING; SYRINGOMYELIA; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SYRINGOMYELIA; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 42349100258     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000121381     Document Type: Article

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