A case of aqueductal stenosis with acute progressive hydrocephalus during pregnancy

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-63

  Watanabe, Yosuke ^a   Oki, Shuichi ^a   Sumiba, Masayuki ^a   Isobe, Naoyuki ^a   Kanou, Yukari ^a   Takeda, Masaaki ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA CITY ASA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aqueductal stenosis; Hydrocephalus; Membranous occlusion; Pregnancy; Third ventriculostomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BODY WATER; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONCOTIC PRESSURE; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; CEREBRAL AQUEDUCT; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 12444281771     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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