Benign extracerebral fluid collections in infancy: Clinical presentation and long-term follow-up

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 107, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2007, Pages 119-125

  Hellbusch, Leslie C ^a  

^a NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

External hydrocephalus; Extracerebral fluid collection; Pediatric neurosurgery; Subarachnoid space

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DURA MATER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAD; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBDURAL EFFUSION; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL, CHRONIC; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBDURAL EFFUSION; SUBDURAL SPACE;

EID: 59449106766     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/PED-07/08/119     Document Type: Article

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