Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts
"Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Tubes inserted to create communication between a cerebral ventricle and the internal jugular vein. Their emplacement permits draining of cerebrospinal fluid for relief of hydrocephalus or other condition leading to fluid accumulation in the ventricles.
| Descriptor ID |
D002557
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.035.188 E04.525.170
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| Concept/Terms |
Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts- Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts
- Shunts, Cerebrospinal Fluid
- Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunt
- Shunt, Cerebrospinal Fluid
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts" by people in Profiles.
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Krishnan SR, Ray TR, Ayer AB, Ma Y, Gutruf P, Lee K, Lee JY, Wei C, Feng X, Ng B, Abecassis ZA, Murthy N, Stankiewicz I, Freudman J, Stillman J, Kim N, Young G, Goudeseune C, Ciraldo J, Tate M, Huang Y, Potts M, Rogers JA. Epidermal electronics for noninvasive, wireless, quantitative assessment of ventricular shunt function in patients with hydrocephalus. Sci Transl Med. 2018 10 31; 10(465).