CSF flow through the upper cervical spinal canal in Chiari I malformation

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1149-1153

  Shah, S ^a   Haughton, Victor ^b   Munoz Del Rio A ^b  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECTOPIC TISSUE; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HERNIA; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX; SYRINGOMYELIA; VELOCITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CANAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959315333     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2460     Document Type: Article

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