Alteration of the pressure setting of a codman-hakim programmable valve by a television - Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 405-407

  Utsuki, Satoshi ^a   Shimizu, Satoru ^a   Oka, Hidehiro ^a   Suzuki, Sachio ^a   Fujii, Kiyotaka ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Magnetic induction; Programmable valve; Television; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; MAGNETIC FIELD; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM; TELEVISION;

CHILD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETICS; TELEVISION; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 33748045152     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.46.405     Document Type: Article

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