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  • Lamb, who suffers from an apparently unique strain of an already rare neurological condition called Chiari Malformation, had never slept for more than an hour or so in a single stretch since he was born.

    The Strangest Sleep Disorders 2008

  • Well, people with spina bifida have something called a Chiari Malformation where the brain sits lower in the skill and the base can descent into the spinal column.

    Beth and badminton: pain, sanity, insanity, naked joy and a video Elizabeth McClung 2008

  • An MRI eventually revealed my son's problem: a condition called Chiari malformation.

    Joel Schwartzberg: Head Trip: Who Do You Trust When Your Child's Surgeons Give Conflicting Advice? 2008

  • The most common pediatric form, known as Chiari malformation Type II, is present at birth.

    TOP STORIES - News 8 2010

  • The adult form of the condition, known as Chiari malformation Type I, develops as the skull and brain are growing.

    TOP STORIES - News 8 2010

  • The 21-year-old Bellingham resident has a rare disorder known as Chiari malformation, a painful and at times debilitating condition in which part of her brain pressed down onto her spinal column.

    The News Tribune - Tacoma - - HOMEPAGE 2010

  • Phoebe was diagnosed with a very rare congenital malformation in her brain called Chiari I Malformation and will need surgery at Johns Hopkins.

    CITIZEN-TIMES.com - News 2010

  • Through a google search of Marissa's symptoms her mom discovered something called a Chiari 1 Malformation.

    Blogtimore, Hon 2009

  • Two-sided vocal cord paralysis is often associated with birth trauma and central nervous system abnormalities (such as Chiari malformations or increased intracranial pressure).

    Vocal Cord Paralysis 2010

  • The Chiari II malformation accounts for approximately 30 percent of fetuses identified with ventriculomegaly.

    Hydrocephalus 2010

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