Maternal shunt dependency: Implications for obstetric care, neurosurgical management, and pregnancy outcomes and a review of selected literature

Neurosurgery

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 448-460

  Bradley, Nancy K ^a   Liakos, Ann Marie ^b,f   McAllister II, James Patterson ^c   Magram, Gary ^d   Kinsman, Steve ^e   Bradley, Marty K ^a  

^a Matern Shunt Dependency Database P   (United States)

^b Hydrocephalus Research Foundation   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^e KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f Hydrocephalus Res Foundation Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Maternal; Obstetric; Pregnancy; Prognosis; Revision; Shunt

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; NEUROSURGERY; OBSTETRIC CARE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION;

EID: 0031663370     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199809000-00030     Document Type: Article

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