Chiari 1 malformations: An Indian hospital experience

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1029-1034

  Ramachandran, Ramnarayan ^a,b   Praharaj, M S ^a   Jayakumar, P N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^b Malar Hospitals   (India)

Author keywords

Cerebellar tonsils; Chiari 1 malformations; Duroplasty; Hindbrain herniation; Posterior fossa decompression; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MYELOGRAPHY; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PROGNOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SHUNTING;

ADULT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58849120458     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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