Effects of shunting CSF in superficial siderosis of the CNS

Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1022-1023

  McCarron, Mark O ^a,b   Patterson, Victor H ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ALTNAGELVIN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BLEEDING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IRON CHELATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SHUNTING; SIDEROSIS; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

EID: 1842509923     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000115173.76257.16     Document Type: Article

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