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Lateral compression of the foramen magnum with the Chiari I malformation: case illustrations

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    R. Shane Tubbs, Joshua J. Chern, Mitchel Muhleman & W. Jerry Oakes

  2. Department of Anatomical Sciences, St. George’s University, St. George, Grenada

    Marios Loukas

  3. Neuroscience Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

    Mohammadali M. Shoja

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Tubbs, R.S., Chern, J.J., Muhleman, M. et al. Lateral compression of the foramen magnum with the Chiari I malformation: case illustrations. Childs Nerv Syst 29, 495–498 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-012-1750-8

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Keywords

  • Syringomyelia
  • Lateral Compression
  • Achondroplasia
  • Anteroposterior Diameter
  • Foramen Magnum