An adjustable CSF shunt: Advices for clinical use

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 38-42

  Lundkvist, Bo ^a   Eklund, A ^a   Koskinen, L O D ^a   Malm, J ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CSF shunt; Intracranial pressure; Normal pressure hydrocephalus; Resistance; Siphon preventing device

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OPENING PRESSURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HYDRODYNAMICS; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHUNT RESISTANCE; SIPHON PREVENTING DEVICE; VALVE;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 0038385270     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0404.2003.00089.x     Document Type: Article

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