Bilateral abducent and facial nerve palsies following fourth ventricle shunting: Two case reports

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 309-316

  Spennato, Pietro ^a   O'Brien, Donncha F ^b,c   Fraher, John P ^d   Mallucci, Conor L ^c  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Aqueduct; Endoscopy; Fourth ventriculo peritoneal shunt; Stent

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ABDUCENS NERVE DISEASES; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FACIAL NERVE DISEASES; FEMALE; FOURTH VENTRICLE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 17044408402     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-004-1046-8     Document Type: Article

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