Presyrinx in children with Chiari malformations

Neurology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 351-356

  Goh, S ^a,b   Bottrell, C L ^a   Aiken, A H ^a   Dillon, W P ^a   Wu, Y W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD; SYRINGOMYELIA;

ADOLESCENT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; FEMALE; FOURTH VENTRICLE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 67649439080     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000304087.91204.95     Document Type: Article

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