Arrested hydrocephalus and the presyrinx state. Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 103 PEDIATRICS, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2005, Pages 466-470

  Muthukumar, Natarajan ^a,b   Venkatesh, Govindaraju ^a   Thiruppathy, Subbiah ^a  

^a MADURAI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Arrested hydrocephalus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pediatric neurosurgery; Presyrinx state; Syringomyelia; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING DIFFICULTY; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SYRINGOMYELIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 32944477442     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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