Emerging Insights and New Perspectives on the Nature of Hydrocephalus.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Tomycz, Luke D.; Hale, andrew T.; George, Timothy M.
- Source
- Pediatric Neurosurgery. Nov2017, Vol. 52 Issue 6, p361-368. 8p.
- Subject
- *HYDROCEPHALUS
*PATHOLOGICAL physiology
*NEUROSURGEONS
*MEDICAL students
*PATHOLOGY
*PREMATURE infant diseases
*MENINGITIS
- Language
- ISSN
- 1016-2291
The article discusses the conditions and the understanding of hydrocephalus, citing its history, It cites on the classical dogma on the pathophysiology of hydrocephalus which is known to neurosurgeons and most students of medicine. The article also discusses hydrocephalus in array of pathologies that can occur in premature infant following neonatal meningitis or germinal matrix hemorrhage.