Resolution of syringomyelia in ten cases of "up-and-down Chiari malformation" after posterior fossa decompression;Resolução de siringomielia em dez casos de malformação de chiari observada apenas com o paciente em posição sentada durante a descompressão da fossa posterior

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 694-699

  da Silva, José Alberto Gonçalves ^a   Melo, Luiz Ricardo Santiago ^a   de Araújo, Antônio Fernandes ^a   dos Santos Jr , Adailton Arcanjo ^b  

^a Neurosurgical Division of the Hospital Unimed   (Brazil)

^b Associated Physician   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chiari malformation; Craniovertebral decompression; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN HERNIA; CISTERNA MAGNA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SYRINGOMYELIA; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649523865     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2010000500004     Document Type: Article

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