Natural history of untreated syringomyelia in pediatric patients

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Singhal, Ash ^a   Bowen Roberts, Tim ^a   Steinbok, Paul ^a   Cochrane, Doug ^a   Byrne, Angela T ^b   Kerr, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conservative management; Magnetic resonance imaging; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857186975     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.9.FOCUS11208     Document Type: Article

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