Characteristics of ventricular shunt malfunctions among patients with neurocysticercosis

Neurosurgery

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 757-762

  Kelley, Rosemarie ^a   Duong, Duc H ^a   Locke, George E ^a   Abbott, I Richmond ^b   Drake, James M ^b   Hall, Walter A ^b   Levy, Michael L ^b  

^a KING DREW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Charles R Drew Medical Center ^*

Author keywords

Cerebral cysticercosis; Hydrocephalus; Treatment; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0036556304     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200204000-00014     Document Type: Article

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