Intractable hiccups as a presenting symptom of Chiari I malformation

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 150, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1207-1208

  Vanamoorthy, Ponniah ^a   Kar, Prachi ^a   Prabhakar, Hemanshu ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Chiari malformation; Hiccups; Neurological symptom

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; HAND PARESTHESIA; HICCUP; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE HICCUP; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; BRAIN STEM; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DIAPHRAGM; HICCUP; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECURRENCE; RESPIRATORY CENTER; SPINAL CORD; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55949123903     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-008-0132-1     Document Type: Article

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