Pathogenesis of Chiari II Malformation

Abstract

Ependymal vimentin immunoreactivity was studied in necropsy specimens of brains and spinal cords of 14 patients with Chiari II malformations and 2 with congenital aqueductal stenosis without Chiari malformation at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA.

Keywords

• pathogenesis of chiari ii malformation
• glial fibrillary acidic protein
• cerebral dysgenesis