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Hydrocephalus in babies: a specific neonatal EEG pattern

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We thank the technologists involved in recording the EEGs.

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  1. Department of Neurology, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, P.O. Box D184, Perth, WA, 6840, Australia

    Lakshmi Nagarajan & Linda Palumbo

  2. Centre for Neuromuscular and Neurological Disorders, QEII Medical Centre, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA, 6009, Australia

    Lakshmi Nagarajan & Soumya Ghosh

  3. Department of Neonatology, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Perth, WA, 6008, Australia

    Roland Kohan

  4. Department of Radiology, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, WA, 6008, Australia

    Sven Thonell

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Nagarajan, L., Ghosh, S., Palumbo, L. et al. Hydrocephalus in babies: a specific neonatal EEG pattern. Childs Nerv Syst 27, 333–336 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-010-1320-x

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