The adult radiographic shuntogram

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 721-726

  Bartynski, Walter S ^a   Valliappan, Saravanan ^a   Uselman, James H ^a   Spearman, Michael P ^a  

^a WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOXEHOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; VENTRICULOATRIAL SHUNT;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL VENTRICULOGRAPHY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEUM; VASCULAR PATENCY; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0034085029     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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