Very low pressure hydrocephalus: Reportof two cases

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 475-478

  Clarke, Michelle J ^a   Maher, Cormac O ^a   Nothdurft, Georgia ^a   Meyer, Fredric ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

External ventricular drain; Low pressure hydrocephalus; Ventricular hysteresis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CASE REPORT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DETERIORATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPOBARISM; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSING HOME; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; VENTRICULOATRIAL SHUNT;

ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33748507566     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2006.105.3.475     Document Type: Article

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