Treatment of Hydrocephalus in Adults

Seminars in Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-41

  Hamilton, Mark G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN TUMOR; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; COLLOID CYST; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC THIRD VENTRICULOSTOMY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; REVIEW; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; PATIENT CARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65449136729     PISSN: 10719091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spen.2009.02.001     Document Type: Review

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