Chiari I malformation: Surgical experience over a decade of management

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 409-414

  Kumar, R ^a   Kalra, Samir K ^a   Vaid, Vivek K ^a   Mahapatra, A K ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Chiari malformations; Craniovertebral junction; CSF dynamics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BONE MALFORMATION; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CHILD; FEMALE; FLOW KINETICS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; POSTERIOR FOSSA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 45849140128     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690801894638     Document Type: Article

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