Relationship between anterior fontanelle pressure measurements and clinical signs in infantile hydrocephalus

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 200-209

  Hanlo, P W ^a   Gooskens, R H J M ^a   Faber, J A J ^b   Peters, R J A ^c   Hermsen, A A M ^a   Nijhuis, I J M ^a   Vandertop, W P ^a   Tulleken, C A F ^a   Willemse, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

anterior fontanelle pressure; clinical signs; hydrocephalus; infant; intracranial pressure; waveform analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR FONTANEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; SKULL;

EID: 0029949724     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00301251     Document Type: Article

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