Idiopathic syringomyelia: Retrospective case series, comprehensive review, and update on management

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Roy, Anil K ^a   Slimack, Nicholas P ^a   Ganju, Aruna ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Idiopathic syringomyelia; Syringomyelia; Syringomyelia pathophysiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SYRINGOMYELIA;

ADULT; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 84857154363     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.9.FOCUS11198     Document Type: Article

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