Neuroendoscopy in Jamaica

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 34-37

  Crandon, I W ^a   Ramcharan, R ^a   Harding, H ^a   Bruce, C A R ^a   Donaldson, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; BRAIN VENTRICULOGRAPHY; FENESTRATION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; JAMAICA; LENGTH OF STAY; NEUROENDOSCOPY; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 18644383760     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0043-31442005000100007     Document Type: Article

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