Syndrome of overdrainage associated with disconnection of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 124-126

  Rosenthal, Guy ^a   Pomeranz, Shlomo ^a   Spektor, Sergei ^c   Yacoub, Mufid ^a   Israel, Zvi H ^b  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Disconnection; Overdrainage; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; DISEASE COURSE; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REOPERATION; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0033375454     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028846     Document Type: Article

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