Proof of the patent subcutaneous fibrous tract in children with V-P shunt malfunction

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 351-356

  Kazan, Saim ^a   Açikbaş, Cem ^a   Rahat, Özcan ^a   Tuncer, Recai ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Arrested hydrocephalus; Fibrous tract; Shunt malfunction

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; PERITONEAL CATHETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCINTISCANNING; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HEADACHE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0343962605     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050530     Document Type: Article

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