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Posttraumatic Hydrocephalus: Relevance, Mechanisms, Treatment, and Outcome

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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause of death in children and young adults ranging from 15 to 30 years of age in the United States [1, 2]. TBI occurs at an alarming frequency of once every 23 s, resulting in 1.7 million incidences annually, including approximately 52,000 deaths [1–4].

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Pinto, F.C.G., de Oliveira, M.F. (2018). Posttraumatic Hydrocephalus: Relevance, Mechanisms, Treatment, and Outcome. In: Anghinah, R., Paiva, W., Battistella, L., Amorim, R. (eds) Topics in Cognitive Rehabilitation in the TBI Post-Hospital Phase. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95376-2_3

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