Syringomyelia-associated scoliosis with and without the Chiari I malformation

Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 407-417

  Akhtar, Omar H ^a   Rowe, Dale E ^a  

^a Michigan Orthopedic Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SCOLIOSIS; SYRINGOMYELIA;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SCOLIOSIS; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 50949096137     PISSN: 1067151X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5435/00124635-200807000-00006     Document Type: Article

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