Late complications of ventriculoatrial or ventriculoperitoneal shunts

Lancet

Volumn 358, Issue 9293, 2001, Pages 1569-1570

  Vernet, Olivier ^a   Rilliet, Bénédict ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; THROMBOPLASTIN;

BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG EMBOLISM; NEPHRITIS; NOTE; OBSTRUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SHUNT INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; VENTRICULOATRIAL SHUNT;

EID: 0035841641     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(01)06670-3     Document Type: Note

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