Obstructive hydrocephalus associated with arachnoid cyst in the elderly

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 542-544

  Tohma, Yasuo ^a,b   Hasegawa, Mitsuhiro ^a   Nakau, Hiroya ^a   Yamashita, Junkoh ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

arachnoid cyst; endoscopy; hydrocephalus

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VENTRICULOCYSTOSTOMY;

AGED; ARACHNOID; ARACHNOID CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION;

EID: 3042759316     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2003.07.011     Document Type: Article

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