Posterior fossa morphometry in symptomatic pediatric and adult Chiari I malformation

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1449-1454

  Furtado, Sunil V ^a   Reddy, Kalyan ^a   Hegde, A S ^a  

^a SRI SATHYA SAI INSTITUTE OF HIGHER MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Chiari I malformation; Foramen magnum; Intracranial volume; Posterior fossa; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CLIVUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL BONE; PEDIATRICS; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL BASE; SPHENOID; VOLUMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; CEPHALOMETRY; CHIARI-FROMMEL SYNDROME; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PEDIATRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70449530442     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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