Changes in visual acuity associated with shunt failure

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 226-231

  Kraus, Robert ^a   Hanigan, William C ^a   Kattah, Jorge ^a   Olivero, William C ^a  

^a ILLINOIS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Shunt failure; Visual deterioration

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SHUNTING; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 0038078570     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-003-0721-5     Document Type: Article

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