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An Introduction to Congenital and Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

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This chapter will provide an overview of cerebrospinal fluid dynamics and then review the literature on childhood and adult forms of hydrocephalus.

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Meager, M.R. et al. (2019). An Introduction to Congenital and Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus. In: Armstrong, C., Morrow, L. (eds) Handbook of Medical Neuropsychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14895-9_14

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