Hindbrain herniation: A review of embryological theories

Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-46

  Tubbs, R Shane ^a   Shoja, Mohammadali M ^b,e   Ardalan, Mohammad R ^b   Shokouhi, Ghaffar ^c   Loukas, Marios ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^e NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chiari I malformation; Craniocervical junction; Embryology; Genetic; Hindbrain

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CLASSIFICATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FORAMEN MAGNUM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MUTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTERIOR FOSSA; RHOMBENCEPHALON;

ANIMALS; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CEREBELLUM; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; FORAMEN MAGNUM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MUTATION; RHOMBENCEPHALON;

EID: 42549137865     PISSN: 11226714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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