Hydrocephalus research update-controversies in definition and classification of hydrocephalus

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 859-869

  Oi, Shizuo ^a,b  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b INTERNATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adult hydrocephalus; Cerebrospinal fluid dynamics; Classification and definition; Fetal hydrocephalus; Hydrocephalus; Neuroendoscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; JAPAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOMENCLATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE;

ADULT; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; PREGNANCY; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 77958091556     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.50.859     Document Type: Article

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