The relationship between obesity and symptomatic Chiari I malformation in the pediatric population

BACKGROUND: Concomitant with the rise in childhood obesity in the United States is an increase in the diagnosis of Chiari I malformation (CM1). OBJECTIVE: To discern a correlation between obesity and CM1, defined as >5 mm of cerebellar tonsillar descent on sagittal magnetic resonance imaging. MET...

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Autores principales: Lam, Sandi, Auffinger, Brenda, Tormenti, Matthew, Bonfield, Christopher, Greene, Stephanie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4770641/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26962335
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1745.174443

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