Post-traumatic hydrocephalus : Experience in 17 consecutive cases

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-53

  Phuenpathom, Nakornchai ^a   Saeheng, Sakchai ^a   Ratanalert, Sanguansin ^a   Sripairojkul, Boonlert ^a  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Experience; Hydrocephalus; Post trauma; Seventeen cases

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032619370     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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