Evaluation of shunt function in hydrocephalic patients with the radionuclide (99m)Tc-pertechnetate

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 239-244

  May, Christiane H ^a   Aurisch, Reinhard ^b   Kornrumpf, Dietmar ^b   Vogel, Siegfried ^a  

^a St Gertrauden Hospital Berlin   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Hydrocephalus; Radionuclide; Shuntography

Indexed keywords

PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M; RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURORADIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SCINTISCANNING;

EID: 0032974725     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050381     Document Type: Article

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