Hydrocephalus and chronically increased intracranial pressure in achondroplasia

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 345-348

  Erdinçler, Pamir ^a,b   Dashti, Reza ^a   Kaynar, Mehmet Y ^a   Canbaz, Bülent ^a   Çiplak, Nejat ^a   Kuday, Cengiz ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b TR 34310 Kocamustafapasa ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Achondroplasia; Hydrocephalus; Intracranial pressure monitoring

Indexed keywords

ACHONDROPLASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACHONDROPLASIA; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 1842366092     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050094     Document Type: Article

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