Therapeutic criteria in communicating childhood hydrocephalus

Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-21

  Rodriguez Nunez A ^a   Somoza Martin M ^a   Gomez Lado C ^a   Eiris Punal J ^a   Camina Darriba F ^b   Rodriguez Segade S ^b   Castro Gago, M ^a  

^a Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid, analysis; Hydrocephalus; Hypoxanthine; Ultrasonography, Doppler, transcranial; Uric acid, analysis; Xanthine

Indexed keywords

HYPOXANTHINE; URIC ACID; XANTHINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY SIZE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HEAD; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPOXANTHINE; INFANT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; URIC ACID; XANTHINE;

EID: 42549137017     PISSN: 00264881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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