Spontaneous resolution of a 13-mm Chiari malformation type I in relation to differential growth of the posterior fossa volume: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 110-114

  Waldau, Ben ^a   Domeshek, Leahthan F ^b   Leigh, Fawn A ^a   Lum, Kristian C ^c   Fuchs, Herbert E ^a   Marcus, Jeffrey R ^a,b   Mukundan, Srinivasan ^a,b   Grant, Gerald A ^a,d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Duke University   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellar volume; Chiari malformation type I; Posterior fossa volume; Spontaneous resolution; Tuberous sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATION; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD; SEIZURE; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; TIME; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REMISSION;

ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 65249184443     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2008.10.PEDS08200     Document Type: Article

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