Cerebrospinal Ascites Developed 3 Years after Ventriculoperitoneal Shunting in a Hydrocephalic Patient

Internal Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 638-641

  Yukinaka, Michiko ^a   Nomura, Masahiro ^a   Mitani, Tomomi ^a   Kondo, Yuki ^a   Tabata, Tomotsugu ^a   Nakaya, Yutaka ^a   Ito, Susumu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Shunt complications; Spina bifida; Ventricular drainage; Ventriculo atrial shunt

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ASCITES; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; REOPERATION; REVIEW;

ADULT; ASCITES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; REOPERATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0032116710     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.37.638     Document Type: Article

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