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. 1972 Aug;35(4):456–462. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.35.4.456

The study of infantile hydrocephalus with combined air and isotope ventriculography

Dov Front 1,1, Willem J Overbeek 1, Lourens Penning 1,2
PMCID: PMC494104  PMID: 4538083

Abstract

A method for a combined air and isotope ventriculography is described. Twenty-nine infants with suspected hydrocephalus were studied. The merit of the combined study is the possibility of obtaining both anatomical and functional information. A very small amount of radioactivity—15 μc—was found to give satisfactory results. Patterns of cerebrospinal fluid flow in communicating and non-communicating hydrocephalus and in cases of porencephalic cyst and complete obstruction of the lateral ventricles are described.

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