Evaluation of ventriculoperitoneal shunt infections in children;Çocuklarda ventriküloperitoneal şant enfeksiyonlarının değerlendirilmesi

Cocuk Enfeksiyon Dergisi

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2018, Pages e147-e152

  Gayretli Aydın, Zeynep Gökçe ^a   Aydemir, Dicle ^a   Acar Arslan, Elif ^a   Özkaya, Esra ^a   Kamaşak, Tülay ^a   Şahin, Sevim ^a   Rıza Güvercin, Ali ^a   Yazar, Uğur ^a   Arslan, Erhan ^a   Çakır, Ertuğrul ^a   Cansu, Ali ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Hydrocephalus; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection

Indexed keywords

EID: 85063513134     PISSN: 13071068     EISSN: 13085271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5578/ced.201843     Document Type: Article

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