Epidemiology of Symptomatic Chiari Malformation in Tatarstan: Regional and Ethnic Differences in Prevalence

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Authors

Э. И. Богданов · Republican Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Tatarstan

А Т Файзутдинова · Kazan State Medical University

Е. Г. Менделевич · Kazan State Medical University

А. С. Созинов · Kazan State Medical University

John D. Heiss · National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Abstract

One-third of patients with typical symptoms of CM1 had less than 5 mm of tonsillar ectopia (bCM1). Assessments of the health impact of CM1-type symptoms on a patient population should include the bCM1 patient group. A regional disease cluster of patients with Chiari malformation was found in Baltasy district of RT and needs further study.

Topics & Keywords

Spinal Dysraphism and Malformations Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus Fetal and Pediatric Neurological Disorders

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Neurosurgery

Volume 84, Issue 5, pp. 1090-1097

DOI: 10.1093/neuros/nyy175

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