Neurologic findings of craniovertebral junction disease

Neurosurgery

Volumn 66, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages

  Benglis, David ^a   Levi, Allan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bell's cruciate paralysis; Central cord syndrome; Chiari malformation; Craniovertebral junction syndromes; Posterior circulation ischemia

Indexed keywords

ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTERY OCCLUSION; BASILAR ARTERY; BELL PALSY; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; BONE BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DAMAGE; CENTRAL CORD SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; CRANIOVERTEBRAL JUNCTION DISEASE; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; MOTONEURON; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SKULL DISEASE; SKULL TUMOR; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE TUMOR;

ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; CERVICAL ATLAS; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; HUMANS; OCCIPITAL BONE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL DISEASES; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 77649138137     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000365801.87711.60     Document Type: Review

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