Morphometric analysis of foramen magnum dimensions and intracranial volume in pediatric Chiari i malformation

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 221-227

  Furtado, Sunil V ^a   Thakre, Darpan J ^a   Venkatesh, Prasanna K ^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 area; Intracranial volume; Pediatric; Posterior fossa; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD; SYRINGOMYELIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77949263649     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-009-0480-5     Document Type: Article

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