Use of a ventriculosubgaleal shunt in the management of hydrocephalus in children with posterior fossa tumors

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 34-37

  Van Calenbergh, Frank ^a   Goffin, Jan ^a   Casaer, Paul ^a   Plets, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Posterior fossa tumor; Ventriculosubgaleal shunt

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CHILD; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030022093     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00573852     Document Type: Article

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