Lumboperitoneal shunt for the treatment of pseudotumor cerebri

Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1524-1530

  Eggenberger, Eric R ^a   Miller, Neil R ^a   Vitale, Susan ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0030011007     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.46.6.1524     Document Type: Article

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