Epileptic seizure as a sign of cerebrospinal fluid shunt malfunction

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 223-228

  Johnson, Dennis L ^a   Conry, Joan ^b   Donnellc, Regina O ^c  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid shunt; Epileptic seizures; Hydrocephalus, children; Shunt malfunction; Shunt revision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0029951744     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: 14230305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000121043     Document Type: Article

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