Symptomatic calcified subdural hematomas

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 150-154

  Sharma, Rewati Raman ^a,b   Mahapatra, Ashok ^a   Pawar, Sanjay J ^a   Sousa, Jesus ^a   Athale, Sanjeev D ^a  

^a KHOULA HOSPITAL   (Oman)

^b NONE   (Oman)

Author keywords

Calcified subdural hematoma; Congenital hydrocephalus; Craniotomy; Good outcome; Raised intracranial pressure; Shunt Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN DECOMPRESSION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; DISEASE COURSE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

EID: 0033401775     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000028851     Document Type: Article

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