Periventricular rigidity in long-term shunt-treated hydrocephalus

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 102 PEDIATRICS, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2005, Pages 146-149

  Sood, Sandeep ^a   Lokuketagoda, Jaliya ^a   Ham, Steven D ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Pediatric neurosurgery; Periventricular gliosis; Slit ventricle syndrome; Ventricular shunt

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; HEADACHE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VOMITING;

EID: 26944493449     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2005.102.2.0146     Document Type: Article

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