Ventricular anatomy and shunt catheters

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-6

  Kaufman, Bruce A ^a   Park, T S ^a  

^a ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral ventricles; Cerebrospinal fluid shunt; Shunt obstruction; Ventricular anatomy; Ventricular size

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FISTULA; CHILD; CHOROID PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPENDYMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LATERAL VENTRICLES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 0032716408     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028823     Document Type: Article

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