Why valve opening pressure plays a relatively minor role in the postural ICP response to ventricular shunts in normal pressure hydrocephalus: Modeling and implications

Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplement

Volumn , Issue 81, 2002, Pages 15-17

  Cook, S W ^a   Bergsneider, Marvin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Codman Hakim programmable valve; Intracranial pressure; Normal pressure hydrocephalus; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0035989062     PISSN: 00651419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-6738-0_4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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