Achondroplasia Foramen Magnum Score: screening infants for stenosis.

Moira Shang-Mei CheungMelita IrvingAlessandra CoccaRui SantosMeera ShaunakHarry DoughertyAta SiddiquiPaul GringrasDominic Thompson

Published in: Archives of disease in childhood (2020)

Clinical examination and CRS have a low sensitivity for predicting the effects of foramen stenosis on the spinal cord. Routine screening with MRI using AFMS can aid in detecting early spinal cord changes and has the potential to reduce infant morbidity and mortality.

Keyphrases

spinal cord
spinal cord injury
neuropathic pain
magnetic resonance imaging
contrast enhanced