LEOPARD Syndrome and chiari type I malformation a case report and review of the literature

Neurologist

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-39

  Beier, Alexandra D ^a,b   Barrett, Ryan J ^a   Burke, Kelly ^b   Kole, Bruce ^b   Soo, Teck M ^a,b  

^a Department of Neurosurgery   (United States)

^b PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiari type i malformation (CM 1); Dysphagia; Leopard syndrome; Noonan syndrome; Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIECTOMY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPHAGIA; HUMAN; LEOPARD SYNDROME; MALE; NOONAN SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADULT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; LEOPARD SYNDROME; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NOONAN SYNDROME;

EID: 59449097750     PISSN: 10747931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NRL.0b013e31817833c4     Document Type: Review

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