Radionuclide shuntogram: Adjunct to manage hydrocephalic patients

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 406-410

  Vernet, Olivier ^a   Farmer, Jean Pierre ^a   Lambert, Raymond ^a   Montes, José L ^a  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

cerebrospinal fluid shunt; hydrocephalus; shunt malfunction; shuntogram

Indexed keywords

PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M PENTETATE; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0029911785     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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