The effects of protein, red blood cells and whole blood on PS valve function

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 186-193

  Baird, Clint ^a   Farner, Staci ^a   Mohr, Clinton ^a   Pittman, Thomas ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CSF protein; CSF shunt; Hydrocephalus; Shunt malfunction

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; DEVICE; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; PERFORMANCE; PERFUSION; PERISTALTIC PUMP; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RECORDING; VALVE;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PROTEINS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS;

EID: 0036418879     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000065394     Document Type: Article

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