Hydrocephalus

"Hydrocephalus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Excessive accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid within the cranium which may be associated with dilation of cerebral ventricles, INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; HEADACHE; lethargy; URINARY INCONTINENCE; and ATAXIA.

Descriptor ID	D006849
MeSH Number(s)	C10.228.140.602
Concept/Terms	Hydrocephalus Hydrocephalus Hydrocephaly Cerebral Ventriculomegaly Cerebral Ventriculomegaly Cerebral Ventriculomegalies Ventriculomegalies, Cerebral Ventriculomegaly, Cerebral Communicating Hydrocephalus Communicating Hydrocephalus Hydrocephalus, Communicating Congenital Hydrocephalus Congenital Hydrocephalus Hydrocephalus, Congenital Hydrocephalus Ex-Vacuo Hydrocephalus Ex-Vacuo Hydrocephalus Ex Vacuo Hydrocephalus Ex-Vacuos Obstructive Hydrocephalus Obstructive Hydrocephalus Hydrocephalus, Obstructive Post-Traumatic Hydrocephalus Post-Traumatic Hydrocephalus Hydrocephalus, Post-Traumatic Post Traumatic Hydrocephalus Aqueductal Stenosis Aqueductal Stenosis Aqueductal Stenoses Stenoses, Aqueductal Stenosis, Aqueductal Fetal Cerebral Ventriculomegaly Fetal Cerebral Ventriculomegaly Cerebral Ventriculomegalies, Fetal Cerebral Ventriculomegaly, Fetal Fetal Cerebral Ventriculomegalies Ventriculomegalies, Fetal Cerebral Ventriculomegaly, Fetal Cerebral

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Hydrocephalus".

Diseases [C]
Nervous System Diseases [C10]
Central Nervous System Diseases [C10.228]
Brain Diseases [C10.228.140]
Hydrocephalus [C10.228.140.602]

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Bar chart showing 10 publications over 8 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2002 and 2011

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2002	2	0	2
2004	1	0	1
2008	1	0	1
2009	0	1	1
2010	1	0	1
2011	2	0	2
2012	1	0	1
2013	1	0	1

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Mahaney KB, Chalouhi N, Viljoen S, Smietana J, Kung DK, Jabbour P, Bulsara KR, Howard M, Hasan DM. Risk of hemorrhagic complication associated with ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage patients on dual antiplatelet therapy. J Neurosurg. 2013 Oct; 119(4):937-42.

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Sivaganesan A, Krishnamurthy R, Sahni D, Viswanathan C. Neuroimaging of ventriculoperitoneal shunt complications in children. Pediatr Radiol. 2012 Sep; 42(9):1029-46.

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Tjoumakaris SI, Rosenwasser RH. Does aneurysm treatment modality influence the incidence of shunt-dependent hydrocephalus? World Neurosurg. 2011 Dec; 76(6):522-4.

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Fulkerson DH, Sivaganesan A, Hill JD, Edwards JR, Shoja MM, Boaz JC, Jea A. Progression of cerebrospinal fluid cell count and differential over a treatment course of shunt infection. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2011 Dec; 8(6):613-9.

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Rincon F, Gordon E, Starke RM, Buitrago MM, Fernandez A, Schmidt JM, Claassen J, Wartenberg KE, Frontera J, Seder DB, Palestrant D, Connolly ES, Lee K, Mayer SA, Badjatia N. Predictors of long-term shunt-dependent hydrocephalus after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Clinical article. J Neurosurg. 2010 Oct; 113(4):774-80.

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Bederson JB, Connolly ES, Batjer HH, Dacey RG, Dion JE, Diringer MN, Duldner JE, Harbaugh RE, Patel AB, Rosenwasser RH. Guidelines for the management of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: a statement for healthcare professionals from a special writing group of the Stroke Council, American Heart Association. Stroke. 2009 Mar; 40(3):994-1025.

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Dumont AS, Crowley RW, Yeoh HK. Magnetic resonance angiography in the evaluation of infants with hydrocephalus: a new standard? J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2008 Sep; 2(3):161-2; discussion 162.

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Finehout EJ, Franck Z, Lee KH. Towards two-dimensional electrophoresis mapping of the cerebrospinal fluid proteome from a single individual. Electrophoresis. 2004 Aug; 25(15):2564-75.

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Sapiro R, Kostetskii I, Olds-Clarke P, Gerton GL, Radice GL, Strauss III JF. Male infertility, impaired sperm motility, and hydrocephalus in mice deficient in sperm-associated antigen 6. Mol Cell Biol. 2002 Sep; 22(17):6298-305.

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Rizk T, Abi Lahoud G, Hourany R, Jabbour P, Samaha E, Nohra G, Moussa R, Okais N. [Adjustable shunt system for the treatment of intracranial cerebrospinal fluid collections. Analysis of a series of 50 cases]. J Med Liban. 2002 Jan-Apr; 50(1-2):14-6.

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