Incidental neuroimaging findings in nonacute headache

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1182-1187

  Graf, William D ^a   Kayyali, Husam R ^a   Abdelmoity, Ahmed T ^a   Womelduff, Gloria L ^a   Williams, Arthur R ^a   Morriss, Michael C ^a  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiari I malformation; diagnostic testing; headache; neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROIMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77958005796     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073809353149     Document Type: Article

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