A new entity: Chiari zero malformation and its surgical method;Yeni bir tanim: Chiari sifir malformasyonu ve onun cerrahi tedavisi

Turkish Neurosurgery

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 264-268

  Isik, Nejat ^a   Elmaci, Ilhan ^a   Kaksi, Mustafa ^a   Gokben, Bekir ^a   Isik, Nihal ^a   Celik, Melek ^a  

^a MH Goztepe Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chiari type 1 malformation; Chiari zero malformation; Chiari like malformation; Craniovertebral decompression; Syringomyelia; Syringopleural shunt

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955780311     PISSN: 10195149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.2705-09.1     Document Type: Article

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