Clinical testing of CSF circulation in hydrocephalus

Acta Neurochirurgica, Supplementum

Volumn , Issue 95, 2005, Pages 247-251

  Czosnyka, Z ^a   Czosnyka, M ^a   Owler, B ^a,b   Momjian, S ^a,c   Kasprowicz, M ^a,d   Schmidt, E A ^a,e   Smielewski, P ^a   Pickard, J D ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^e CHU PURPAN   (France)

Author keywords

cerebrospinal fluid; Hydrocephalus; intracranial pressure; shunt

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MANOMETRY; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MANOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 85052609762     PISSN: 00651419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-211-32318-X_50     Document Type: Conference Paper

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