Cumulative diagnostic radiation exposure in children with ventriculoperitoneal shunts: A review

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 493-497

  Smyth, Matthew D ^a   Narayan, Prithvi ^a   Tubbs, R Shane ^b   Leonard, Jeffrey R ^a   Park, T S ^a   Loukas, Marios ^c   Grabb, Paul A ^d  

^a ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^d Memorial Hospital Central   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic; Hydrocephalus; Induced malignancy; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CANCER RISK; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLIOSARCOMA; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEADACHE; HEMIANOPIA; HEMIPARESIS; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; IONIZING RADIATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SKULL IRRADIATION;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; PEDIATRICS; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 40249091580     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-007-0560-x     Document Type: Review

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