Ultrasonographic study of children suspected of hydrocephalus at the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 267-270

  Adeloye, A ^b   Khare, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMAGING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; ULTRASOUND;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALAWI; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0030853802     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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