Paradigm shift in hydrocephalus research in legacy of Dandy's pioneering work: Rationale for third ventriculostomy in communicating hydrocephalus

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 487-489

  Greitz, Dan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Compliance; ETV; Hydrocephalus; Normal pressurehydrocephalus; Pathophysiology; Pulse pressure

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT; BRAIN ARACHNOID; BRAIN TISSUE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; RESEARCH; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 34147160799     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-007-0303-z     Document Type: Article

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