The Miethke Dual-Switch Valve in patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus

Neurosurgery Quarterly

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 114-121

  Meier, Ullrich ^a   Kiefer, Michael ^b   Sprung, Christian ^c  

^a UNFALLKRANKENHAUS BERLIN   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Miethke Dual Switch Valve; Normal pressure hydrocephalus; Overdrainage; Prognosis; Shunt operation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SHUNTING; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; VALVE;

EID: 0036102136     PISSN: 10506438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2003.05.003     Document Type: Article

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