CSF shunt failure with stable normal ventricular size

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 151-155

  Winston, Ken R ^a,b   Lopez, John A ^a   Freeman, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

CSF shunt failure; Hydrocephalus; Ventricular size

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; BRAIN VENTRICLE SIZE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REFERENCE VALUES; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT; VOMITING;

EID: 33646076469     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000091857     Document Type: Article

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