Scoliosis and Chiari malformation type I in children: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-29

  Krieger, Mark D ^a   Falkinstein, Yuri ^a   Bowen, Ira E ^a   Tolo, Vernon T ^a   Mccomb, J Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiari malformation; Cobb angle; Outcome study; Pediatric neurosurgery; Scoliosis; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRACE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CHILD; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL FUSION; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79251544264     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.10.PEDS10154     Document Type: Article

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