Measurement of optic nerve sheath diameter by ultrasound: A means of detecting acute raised intracranial pressure in hydrocephalus

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1109-1113

  Newman, W D ^a   Hollman, A S ^a   Dutton, G N ^a   Carachi, R ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOOCULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE SHEATH; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; OPTIC NERVE;

EID: 0036785403     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.86.10.1109     Document Type: Article

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