Benign external hydrocephalus: A review, with emphasis on management

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 417-432

  Zahl, Sverre Morten ^a,b   Egge, Arild ^c   Helseth, Eirik ^d,e   Wester, Knut ^a,b  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Communicating hydrocephalus; Intracranial pressure; Macrocephaly; Outcome studies; Subarachnoid space

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; FUROSEMIDE; MANNITOL;

BENIGN EXTERNAL HYDROCEPHALUS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; LONG TERM CARE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SHUNTING; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 83155180610     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: 14372320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-011-0327-4     Document Type: Review

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