Evaluation of hydrocephalic periventricular radiolucency by dynamic computed tomography and xenon-computed tomography

Neurosurgery

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 758-763

  Nakano, Hideki ^a   Bandoh, Kuniaki ^a   Miyaoka, Makoto ^a   Sato, Kiyosi ^b  

^a Fujisawa City Hospital   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dynamic computed tomography; Normal pressure hydrocephalus; Periventricular radiolucency; Xenon computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CISTERNOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL RISK;

EID: 0029813850     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199610000-00023     Document Type: Article

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