Spontaneous regression of syringomyelia - review of the current aetiological theories and implications for surgery

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1185-1188

  Sung, Wen Shan ^a   Chen, Yen Yu ^a   Dubey, Arvind ^a   Hunn, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chiari I malformation; Spontaneous regression; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; FEMALE; HUMAN; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER PAIN; SYRINGOMYELIA; THORACIC SPINE;

ADULT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; SPINAL CORD; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 50249188834     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2007.08.017     Document Type: Article

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