Spinal level of myelomeningocele lesion as a contributing factor in posterior fossa volume, intracranial cerebellar volume, and cerebellar ectopia: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 154-159

  Sweeney, Kieron J ^a   Caird, John ^a   Taufiq Sattar, Muhammad ^a   Allcutt, David ^a   Crimmins, Darach ^a  

^a CHILDREN S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Chiari malformation Type II; Hagen Poiseuille law; Mathematical model; Unified theory

Indexed keywords

ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLAR ECTOPIA; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL CEREBELLAR VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CEREBELLUM; CHORISTOMA; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; IRELAND; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; ORGAN SIZE; SPINAL CORD; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 84873648437     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.10.PEDS12177     Document Type: Article

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