The genesis of low pressure hydrocephalus

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 461-468

  Akins, Paul T ^a   Guppy, Kern H ^a   Axelrod, Yekaterina V ^a   Chakrabarti, Indro ^a   Silverthorn, James ^a   Williams, Alan R ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic meningitis; Elastance; Hydrocephalus; Low pressure; Negative pressure; Ventriculoperitoneal shunts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN TUMOR; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LOW PRESSURE HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ADULT; BRAIN; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOFTWARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856279996     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: 15560961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-011-9543-6     Document Type: Article

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