Peak CSF velocities in patients with symptomatic and asymptomatic Chiari I malformation

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1837-1841

  Krueger, K D ^a   Haughton, Victor M ^b   Hetzel, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APNEA; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERTIONAL HEADACHE; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANK SUM TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE;

EID: 78649670289     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2268     Document Type: Article

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