Spinal cord dimensions in children with Klippel-Feil syndrome: A controlled, blinded radiographic analysis with implications for neurologic outcomes

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1366-1371

  Auerbach, Joshua D ^a   Hosalkar, Harish S ^a   Kusuma, Sharat K ^a   Wills, Brian P D ^b   Dormans, John P ^a   Drummond, Denis S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial dimensions; Cervical spine; Children; Klippel Feil syndrome; Spinal cord size

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; KLIPPEL FEIL SYNDROME; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINA BIFIDA; SPINAL CORD; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TORTICOLLIS; BACKACHE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CERVICAL SPINE; CHRONIC DISEASE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; BACK PAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; KLIPPEL-FEIL SYNDROME; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 46249094488     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181732a22     Document Type: Article

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