Chiari malformation Type I in children younger than age 6 years: Presentation and surgical outcome - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 554-561

  Albert, Gregory W ^a   Menezes, Arnold H ^a   Hansen, Daniel R ^a   Greenlee, Jeremy D W ^a   Weinstein, Stuart L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiari malformation; Gastroesophageal reflux disease; Headache; Oropharyngeal dysfunction; Scoliosis; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL FUSION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; CRANIECTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFANT; LAMINECTOMY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SCOLIOSIS; SNORING; SPINE FUSION; SYRINGOMYELIA;

ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCCIPITAL BONE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 77953150259     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.3.PEDS09489     Document Type: Article

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