Editorial: Prediction, with restriction

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 307-309

  Cohen, Alan R ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CHOROID PLEXUS; EDITORIAL; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHILD; HOSPITALIZATION; NOTE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROGNOSIS;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77957905545     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.6.PEDS10228     Document Type: Editorial

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