Reduction Cranioplasty for Macrocephaly: Two Case Reports

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 459-462

  Takahashi, Yoshihiko ^a   Tajima, Yutaka ^a   Okura, Akira ^a   Tokutomi, Takashi ^a   Shigemori, Minoru ^a   Kiyokawa, Kensuke ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

head circumference; hydrocephalus; macrocephaly; reduction cranioplasty; ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CRANIOPLASTY; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MACROCEPHALY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033046474     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.39.459     Document Type: Article

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