Iniencephaly: Clinical, radiological and surgical findings

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 290-293

  Shams Amiri, Rouzbeh ^a   Faghih Jouibari, Morteza ^b   Nejat, Farideh ^c   El Khashab, Mostafa ^d,e  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e SAINT BARNABAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Encephalocele; Iniencephaly; Sprengel's deformity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BONE DEFECT; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CERVICAL DYSTONIA; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DROP ATTACK; DURA MATER; ENCEPHALOCELE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INIENCEPHALY; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; KLIPPEL FEIL SYNDROME; MALE; NECK PAIN; NERVOUS TISSUE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL BONE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; SPINA BIFIDA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VOMITING;

EID: 78650675471     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000320145     Document Type: Article

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