Conversion to symptomatic Chiari I malformation after minor head or neck trauma

Neurosurgery

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 748-753

  Wan, Michael J ^a   Nomura, Hiroshi ^a   Tator, Charles H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arnold Chiari malformation; Chiari malformation; Injury; Syringomyelia; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK INJURIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56749131035     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000325498.04975.C0     Document Type: Article

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