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Abstract
An intermittent and self-limiting headache disorder in individuals with CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS emplaced for the treatment of HYDROCEPHALUS. The symptoms of headache, vomiting, and cranial neuropathies are associated with intermittent obstruction of the shunt.
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- Slit Ventricle Syndromes
- Syndrome, Slit Ventricle
- Syndromes, Slit Ventricle
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35 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2010
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- Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts (1979-2009)
- Headache (1982-2009)
- Ventriculostomy (2001-2009)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Slit Ventricle Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D056124. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D056124
- Slit Ventricle Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9390608