Two Hundred Thirty-Six Children With Developmental Hydrocephalus: Causes and Clinical Consequences.
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SUBMITTER: Tully HM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4990005 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar
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Two Hundred Thirty-Six Children With Developmental Hydrocephalus: Causes and Clinical Consequences.
Tully Hannah M HM Ishak Gisele E GE Rue Tessa C TC Dempsey Jennifer C JC Browd Samuel R SR Millen Kathleen J KJ Doherty Dan D Dobyns William B WB
Journal of child neurology 20150716 3
Few systematic assessments of developmental forms of hydrocephalus exist. We reviewed magnetic resonance images (MRIs) and clinical records of patients with infancy-onset hydrocephalus. Among 411 infants, 236 had hydrocephalus with no recognizable extrinsic cause. These children were assigned to 1 of 5 subtypes and compared on the basis of clinical characteristics and developmental and surgical outcomes. At an average age of 5.3 years, 72% of children were walking independently and 87% could eat ...[more]
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