Hydrocephalus and the reproductive health of women: The medical implications of maternal shunt dependency in 70 women and 138 pregnancies

Neurological Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-88

  Liakos, A M ^a,b   Bradley, N K ^a   Magram, G ^a   Muszynski, C ^a  

^a Hydrocephalus Research Foundation   (United States)

^b Hydrocephalus Res Foundation Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Maternal; Obstetric; Pregnancy; Prognosis; Revision; Shunt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILDBIRTH; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CODING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0033964913     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01616412.2000.11741040     Document Type: Article

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