Pregnancy in Women with Cerebrospinal Shunts: A Literature Review and Case Report

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 374-380

  Stevens, Elizabeth ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; LABOR COMPLICATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030225444     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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