Hydrocephalus in Dandy-Walker malformation

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1665-1681

  Spennato, Pietro ^a   Mirone, Giuseppe ^a   Nastro, Anna ^a   Buonocore, Maria Consiglio ^a   Ruggiero, Claudio ^a   Trischitta, Vincenzo ^a   Aliberti, Ferdinando ^a   Cinalli, Giuseppe ^a  

^a SANTOBONO PAUSILIPON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebro spinal fluid dynamics; CNS malformation; Dandy Walker malformation; Endoscopic third ventriculostomy; Hydrocephalus; Intellectual outcome; Neuroendoscopy

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; CISTERNA MAGNA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYST PERITONEAL SHUNT; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INHERITANCE; INTELLIGENCE; MECKEL SYNDROME; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOHR SYNDROME; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERMIAN MALFORMATION; WALKER WARBURG SYNDROME;

CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; DANDY-WALKER SYNDROME; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 80054692263     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: 14330350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-011-1544-4     Document Type: Article

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