Short-term subarachnoid space drainage: A potential treatment for extraventricular hydrocephalus

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 19, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 367-370

  Eidlitz Markus, Tal ^a   Shuper, Avinoam ^a   Constantini, Shlomi ^b,c  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Drainage; Extraventricular hydrocephalus; Infant

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; DIURETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CEPHALOMETRY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EYE DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; IRRITABILITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; RESTLESSNESS; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ALGORITHMS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0038268671     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-003-0751-z     Document Type: Article

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