Experiences with a gravity-assisted valve in hydrocephalic children: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 288-293

  Haberl, Ernst Johannes ^a   Messing Juenger, Martina ^b   Schuhmann, Martin ^c   Eymann, Regina ^d   Cedzich, Cornelia ^e   Fritsch, Michael J ^f   Kiefer, Michael ^d   Van Lindert, Eric Johannes ^g   Geyer, Christian ^h   Lehner, Markus ⁱ   Rohde, Veit ^j   Stroux, Andrea ^a   Von Berenberg, Petra ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d Universitätsklinikums des Saarlandes   (Germany)

^e KLINIKUM SAARBRÜCKEN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^g Neurochirurgisch Centrum Nijmegen   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

ⁱ LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Children; Complication; Gravity assisted valve; Hydrocephalus; Shunt

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAVITY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SHUNT INFECTION; SHUNTING;

EID: 70049089252     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.4.PEDS08204     Document Type: Article

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