Clinical, radiological, and genetic similarities between patients with Chiari Type I and Type 0 malformations: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 372-378

  Markunas, Christina A ^a   Tubbs, R Shane ^b   Moftakhar, Roham ^c   Ashley Koch, Allison E ^a   Gregory, Simon G ^a   Oakes, W Jerry ^b   Speer, Marcy C ^a   Iskandar, Bermans J ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Chiari malformation; Genetics; Idiopathic syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN SIZE; CHIARI TYPE 0 MALFORMATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL MALFORMATION; SYRINGOMYELIA;

ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PEDIGREE; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 84859395536     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.12.PEDS11113     Document Type: Article

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