The utility of the plain radiograph "shunt series" in the evaluation of suspected ventriculoperitoneal shunt failure in pediatric patients

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 452-456

  Desai, Kapil R ^a   Babb, James S ^a   Amodio, John B ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Hydrocephalus; Shunt series

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CHILD; CISTERNOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL VENTRICULOGRAPHY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERITONEUM; PNEUMOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 34147163590     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-007-0431-3     Document Type: Article

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