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Evaluation of three new models of hydrocephalus shunts

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Intracranial Pressure and Brain Monitoring XII

Part of the book series: Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum ((NEUROCHIRURGICA,volume 95))

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  1. Academic Neurosurgical Unit, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Box 167, Cambridge, CB2 2QQ, UK

    Z. H. Czosnyka, M. Czosnyka, H. K. Richards & J. D. Pickard

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Correspondence to Z. H. Czosnyka .

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

    Wai S. Poon , Matthew T. V. Chan , Keith Y. C. Goh , Joseph M. K. Lam  & Stephanie C. P. Ng , , ,  & 

  2. Medical College of Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia, USA

    Anthony Marmarou

  3. Academisch Ziekenhuis Dijkzigt, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Cees J. J. Avezaat

  4. Addenbrooke’s Hospital, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

    John D. Pickard , Marek Czosnyka  & Peter J. A. Hutchinson ,  & 

  5. School of Medicine, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan

    Yoichi Katayama

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Czosnyka, Z.H., Czosnyka, M., Richards, H.K., Pickard, J.D. (2005). Evaluation of three new models of hydrocephalus shunts. In: Poon, W.S., et al. Intracranial Pressure and Brain Monitoring XII. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum, vol 95. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-211-32318-X_46

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