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Acta Neurochirurgica
Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica 8/2017

01-08-2017 | Editorial (by Invitation)

Overdrainage of cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus shunts

Authors: Marek Czosnyka, Zofia H. Czosnyka

Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica | Issue 8/2017

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Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) in adults is an only known form of reversible dementia. Remedy is quite simple: insertion of a hydrocephalus shunt (or third ventriculostomy, however less common in NPH). …
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Metadata
Title
Overdrainage of cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus shunts
Authors
Marek Czosnyka
Zofia H. Czosnyka
Publication date
01-08-2017
Publisher
Springer Vienna
Published in
Acta Neurochirurgica / Issue 8/2017
Print ISSN: 0001-6268
Electronic ISSN: 0942-0940
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-017-3251-8

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