Cerebrospinal fluid shunt complications

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 363-371

  Güzelbaǧ, Elif ^a   Erşahin, Yusuf ^a   Mutluer, Saffet ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid shunts; Child; Complication; Hydrocephalus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFECTION; MALE; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TURKEY;

EID: 0031183533     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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