Neuroendoscopic treatment of idiopathic occlusion of the foramen of Monro in adults - Two case reports

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 81-85

  Freudenstein, Dirk ^a   Duffner, Frank ^a   Krapf, Hilmar ^a   Wagner, Alexandra ^a   Grote, Ernst H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Foramen of Monro; Hydrocephalus; Neuroendoscopy; Occlusion; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS; HUMAN; MALE; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0036186609     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.42.81     Document Type: Article

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