Benign subarachnoid space enlargement of infancy

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 70-73

  Suara, Rahaman O ^a,b   Trouth, Annapurni Jayam ^a   Collins, M ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Subarachnoid space

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REMISSION; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

CEPHALOMETRY; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035532651     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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