Ventriculosubgaleal shunt in the treatment of posthemorrhagic and postinfectious hydrocephalus of premature infants

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 413-418

  Nagy, Andrea ^a   Bognar, Laszlo ^a   Pataki, Istvan ^a   Barta, Zoltan ^b   Novak, Laszlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b SCANOMED LTD   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Hydrocephalus; Neonatal; Shunt; Ventriculosubgaleal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFECTION COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNT INFECTION; SHUNTING; VENTRICULOSUBGALEAL SHUNT;

EID: 84878485917     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: 14330350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-012-1968-5     Document Type: Article

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