The importance of the cortical subarachnoid space in understanding hydrocephalus

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-11

  Rekate, Harold L ^a,b   Nadkarni, Trimurti D ^c   Wallace, Donna ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Biophysics; Cortical subarachnoid space; Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Hydrocephalus; Mathematical model; Pseudotumor cerebri

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CISTERNOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARENCHYMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHUNTING; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TREATMENT FAILURE; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 46849108118     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/PED/2008/2/7/001     Document Type: Review

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