Urokinase in the treatment of shunt malfunctions caused by thrombus?

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 315-320

  Hudgins, Roger J ^a   Boydston, William R ^a   Gilreath, Carita Lynn ^a  

^a Scottish Rite Children s Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Shunt malfunction; Urokinase; Ventriculoatrial shunt; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

UROKINASE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 0030404780     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: 14230305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000121146     Document Type: Article

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