The changing face of paediatric hydrocephalus: A decade's experience

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1049-1054

  Green, Alexander L ^a   Pereira, Erlick A C ^a   Kelly, Dominic ^b   Richards, Peter G ^a   Pike, Michael G ^b  

^a RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain tumour; Hydrocephalus; Intra ventricular haemorrhage; Neurosurgery; Paediatric; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN TUMOR; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROSURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MORBIDITY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 35348916603     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2006.11.004     Document Type: Article

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