The dual switch valve. A new hydrostatic valve for the treatment of hydrocephalus

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 573-581

  Sprung, Christian ^a   Miethke, Christoph ^b   Trost, Hans A ^c   Lanksch, Wolfgang R ^a   Stolke, Dietmar ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Intraventricular pressure; Overdrainage; Valves; Ventriculoperitoneal shunts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; DRAINAGE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0029805994     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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