Dandy-Walker syndrome: Different modalities of treatment and outcome in 42 cases

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 348-352

  Kumar, Raj ^a   Jain, Manoj Kumar ^a   Chhabra, Devendra Kumar ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cystoperitoneal shunt; Dandy Walker syndrome; Ventriculocystoperitoneal shunt; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBELLUM HYPOPLASIA; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; FEMALE; FENESTRATION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPOPLASIA; MALE; PERITONEAL CAVITY; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DANDY-WALKER SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0035014944     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810000425     Document Type: Article

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