Pneumocephalus after shunting for hydrocephalus

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 333-337

  Villarejo, Francisco ^a   Carceller, Fernando ^a   Alvarez, Carmen ^a   Bencosme, José ^a   Díaz, Carlos Pérez ^a   Goldman, Luis ^a   Pascual, Alfonso ^a  

^a Clinica La Luz   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aqueductal stenosis; Cerebrospinal fluid shunt; Encephalocele; Head injury; Hydrocephalus; Pneumocephalus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SHUNTING; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0031904438     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050238     Document Type: Article

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