Patients with Chiari malformation type I presenting with acute neurological deficits: Case series - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 244-247

  Yarbrough, Chester K ^a   Powers, Alexander K ^c   Park, Tae Sung ^a,b   Leonard, Jeffrey R ^a,b   Limbrick, David D ^a,b   Smyth, Matthew D ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiari malformation type I; Neurological deficit; Posterior fossa decompression; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; NECK INJURY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952918754     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.11.PEDS1097     Document Type: Article

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