Flushing in relation to a possible rise in intracranial pressure: Documentation of an unusual clinical sign. Report of five cases

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1040-1044

  Hornig, Gregory W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidermal flushing; Head injury; Hydrocephalus; Intracranial hypertension; Pediatric neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLUSHING; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0034091273     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2000.92.6.1040     Document Type: Article

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