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Catastrophic electrolyte imbalance caused by excessive production and overdrainage of cerebrospinal fluid in an infant with choroid plexus papilloma

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This study was supported by a grant from the National R&D Program for Cancer Control, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Republic of Korea (Grant no. 0520300; to Seung-Ki Kim).

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  1. Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Seoul National University Children’s Hospital, 101 Daehangno, Jongno-gu, 110-744, Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Ji Hoon Phi, Kyu-Chang Wang & Seung-Ki Kim

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Children’s Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Choong Ho Shin

  3. Department of Pathology, Seoul National University Children’s Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Sung-Hye Park

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Phi, J.H., Shin, C.H., Wang, KC. et al. Catastrophic electrolyte imbalance caused by excessive production and overdrainage of cerebrospinal fluid in an infant with choroid plexus papilloma. Childs Nerv Syst 27, 1153–1156 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-011-1459-0

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