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Association between craniovertebral junction abnormalities and syringomyelia in patients with chiari malformation type-1

Amro F. Al-Habib, Hissah Al Abdulsalam, Jehad Ahmed, Fahad Albadr, Wajda Alhothali, Abdullah Alzahrani, Abdullah Abojamea, Abdullah Altowim, Anhar Ullah and Metab Alkubeyyer
Neurosciences Journal August 2020, 25 (4) 308-315; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2020.4.20200008
Amro F. Al-Habib
From the Division of Neurosurgery (Al-Habib, Abdulsalam, Ahmed, Alhothali, Alzahrani, Altowim), Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Department of Radiology (Abojamea, Albadr, Alkubeyyer), Department of Cardiac Sciences (Ullah), King Fahad Cardiac Center, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Hissah Al Abdulsalam
From the Division of Neurosurgery (Al-Habib, Abdulsalam, Ahmed, Alhothali, Alzahrani, Altowim), Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Department of Radiology (Abojamea, Albadr, Alkubeyyer), Department of Cardiac Sciences (Ullah), King Fahad Cardiac Center, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Jehad Ahmed
From the Division of Neurosurgery (Al-Habib, Abdulsalam, Ahmed, Alhothali, Alzahrani, Altowim), Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Department of Radiology (Abojamea, Albadr, Alkubeyyer), Department of Cardiac Sciences (Ullah), King Fahad Cardiac Center, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Fahad Albadr
From the Division of Neurosurgery (Al-Habib, Abdulsalam, Ahmed, Alhothali, Alzahrani, Altowim), Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Department of Radiology (Abojamea, Albadr, Alkubeyyer), Department of Cardiac Sciences (Ullah), King Fahad Cardiac Center, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Wajda Alhothali
From the Division of Neurosurgery (Al-Habib, Abdulsalam, Ahmed, Alhothali, Alzahrani, Altowim), Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Department of Radiology (Abojamea, Albadr, Alkubeyyer), Department of Cardiac Sciences (Ullah), King Fahad Cardiac Center, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdullah Alzahrani
From the Division of Neurosurgery (Al-Habib, Abdulsalam, Ahmed, Alhothali, Alzahrani, Altowim), Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Department of Radiology (Abojamea, Albadr, Alkubeyyer), Department of Cardiac Sciences (Ullah), King Fahad Cardiac Center, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdullah Abojamea
From the Division of Neurosurgery (Al-Habib, Abdulsalam, Ahmed, Alhothali, Alzahrani, Altowim), Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Department of Radiology (Abojamea, Albadr, Alkubeyyer), Department of Cardiac Sciences (Ullah), King Fahad Cardiac Center, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdullah Altowim
From the Division of Neurosurgery (Al-Habib, Abdulsalam, Ahmed, Alhothali, Alzahrani, Altowim), Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Department of Radiology (Abojamea, Albadr, Alkubeyyer), Department of Cardiac Sciences (Ullah), King Fahad Cardiac Center, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Anhar Ullah
From the Division of Neurosurgery (Al-Habib, Abdulsalam, Ahmed, Alhothali, Alzahrani, Altowim), Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Department of Radiology (Abojamea, Albadr, Alkubeyyer), Department of Cardiac Sciences (Ullah), King Fahad Cardiac Center, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Metab Alkubeyyer
From the Division of Neurosurgery (Al-Habib, Abdulsalam, Ahmed, Alhothali, Alzahrani, Altowim), Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Department of Radiology (Abojamea, Albadr, Alkubeyyer), Department of Cardiac Sciences (Ullah), King Fahad Cardiac Center, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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