Wednesday 8 September 2010

UPDATING REFERENCES ON ARNOLD-CHIARI SYNDROME AND CHIARI MALFORMATIONS

References of our post on the Chiari and Arnold-Chiari malformations nomenclature has been updated: check out below and here to read the full story!

References

OMIM (Online Mendielian Inheritance in Man) database, MIM numbers 118420 (at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim/118420) and 207950 (at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim/207950

Peyman Pakzaban. Chiari Malformation  (updated 17 Jun 2010) at  http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1483583-overview

Stevenson KL. Chiari Type II malformation: past, present, and future. Neurosurg Focus. 2004 Feb 15;16(2):E5. PMID: 15209488

Speer CM, Enterline DS, Lorraine Mehltretter, Hammock P, Joseph J, Dickerson M, Ellenbogen RG, Milhorat TH, Hauser MA, George TM. Chiari type I malformation with or without syringomyelia: prevalence and genetics. Journal of Genetic Couseling. 2003, 12(4), 297-311.

McLendon RE, Crain BJ, Oakes WJ, Burger PC. Cerebral polygyria in the Chiari Type II (Arnold-Chiari) malformation. Clin Neuropathol. 1985 Sep-Oct;4(5):200-5. PMID: 4064385.