Idiopathic syrinx in the pediatric population: A combined center experience - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-36

  Magge, Suresh N ^a   Smyth, Matthew D ^b   Governale, Lance S ^a   Goumnerova, Liliana ^a   Madsen, Joseph ^a   Munro, Becca ^b   Nalbach, Stephen V ^a   Proctor, Mark R ^a   Scott, R Michael ^a   Smith, Edward R ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydromyelia; Idiopathic syrinx; Pediatric neurosurgery; Scoliosis; Syringohydromyelia; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SYRINX; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

ADOLESCENT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251561554     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.10.PEDS1057     Document Type: Article

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