Postoperative cerebral edema occurring in children with slit ventricles

Pediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 625-630

  Eldredge, Elizabeth A ^a   Rockoff, Mark A ^a   Medlock, Michael D ^a   Michael Scott, R ^a   Millis, Michael B ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030951113     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.99.4.625     Document Type: Article

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