Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 50, Issue 1 , Pages 26-32 , February 2009

Posthemorrhagic Hydrocephalus in Newborns: Clinical Characteristics and Role of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunts

  • Inn-Chi Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Chung-Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, Chung-Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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  • Hong-Shen Lee

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, Chung-Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Department of Public Health, Chung-Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Pen-Hua Su

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Chung-Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, Chung-Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wen-Jui Liao

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, Chung-Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Chung-Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jui-Ming Hu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Chung-Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, Chung-Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jia-Yun Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Chung-Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, Chung-Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Chung-Shan Medical University Hospital, 110 Section 1, Chien-Kuo North Road, Taichung 402, Taiwan

Received 18 September 2007 ,Revised 25 August 2008 ,Accepted 1 December 2008.

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PII: S1875-9572(09)60026-7

doi: 10.1016/S1875-9572(09)60026-7

Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 50, Issue 1 , Pages 26-32 , February 2009

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