On the changing epidemiology of hydrocephalus

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 795-800

  Massimi, Luca ^a   Paternoster, Giovanna ^a   Fasano, Teresa ^a   Di Rocco, Concezio ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aqueduct stenosis; Epidemiology; Hydrocephalus; Myelomeningocele; Preterm haemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CHILD; CHILD CARE; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL MALFORMATION;

AGE FACTORS; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE;

EID: 67349258535     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-009-0844-4     Document Type: Article

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