Distal slit valve and clinically relevant CSF overdrainage in children with hydrocephalus

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 18, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 15-18

  Virella, Anthony A ^a   Galarza, Marcelo ^a   Masterman Smith, Michael ^a   Lemus, Rafael ^a   Lazareff, Jorge A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal slit valve; Pediatric hydrocephalus; Slit ventricle syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CHILD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; BRAIN DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OVERDRAINAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; DEVICE INFECTION; DISTAL SLIT VALVE; DURA MATER; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT VENTRICLE SYNDROME; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEADACHE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0036482670     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-001-0544-1     Document Type: Article

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