Radioisotope shuntograms at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-49

  Vassilyadi, M ^a   Tatary, Z L ^a   Matzinger, M A ^a   Briggs, V ^a   Ventureyra, E C G ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deceptive shunt patency; Hydrocephalus; Radionuclide shuntography; Shunt malfunction; Shunt dependency assessment; Shuntogram

Indexed keywords

PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CANADA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTISCANNING; STANDARDIZATION; VASCULAR PATENCY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; ONTARIO; RADIOISOTOPES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TECHNETIUM TC 99M PENTETATE;

EID: 30644457438     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-005-1153-1     Document Type: Article

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