Shunting for normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH)

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2010, Issue 1, 2002, Pages

  Esmonde, Thomas ^a   Cooke, Stephen ^b  

^a ANTRIM AREA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; HUMAN; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; REVIEW;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE;

EID: 84921622674     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003157     Document Type: Review

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