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

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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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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2003	0	1	1
2006	1	0	1
2009	1	0	1
2012	1	1	2
2014	2	1	3
2015	2	0	2
2016	1	0	1
2017	1	0	1
2018	2	0	2
2021	0	1	1

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Halm BM, Leone TA, Chaudoin LT, McKinley KW, Ruzal-Shapiro C, Franke AA, Tsze DS. Evaluation of Ventricle Size Measurements in Infants by Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physicians. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2021 Feb 01; 37(2):77-81.

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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).

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Natarajan G, Shankaran S, Saha S, Laptook A, Das A, Higgins R, Stoll BJ, Bell EF, Carlo WA, D'Angio C, DeMauro SB, Sanchez P, Van Meurs K, Vohr B, Newman N, Hale E, Walsh M. Antecedents and Outcomes of Abnormal Cranial Imaging in Moderately Preterm Infants. J Pediatr. 2018 04; 195:66-72.e3.

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Pershad J, Taylor A, Hall MK, Klimo P. Imaging Strategies for Suspected Acute Cranial Shunt Failure: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. Pediatrics. 2017 Aug; 140(2).

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Tu TW, Lescher JD, Williams RA, Jikaria N, Turtzo LC, Frank JA. Abnormal Injury Response in Spontaneous Mild Ventriculomegaly Wistar Rat Brains: A Pathological Correlation Study of Diffusion Tensor and Magnetization Transfer Imaging in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. J Neurotrauma. 2017 01 01; 34(1):248-256.

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Yan H, Chen Y, Li L, Jiang J, Wu G, Zuo Y, Zhang JH, Feng H, Yan X, Liu F. Decorin alleviated chronic hydrocephalus via inhibiting TGF-?1/Smad/CTGF pathway after subarachnoid hemorrhage in rats. Brain Res. 2016 Jan 01; 1630:241-53.

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Chen Q, Tang J, Tan L, Guo J, Tao Y, Li L, Chen Y, Liu X, Zhang JH, Chen Z, Feng H. Intracerebral Hematoma Contributes to Hydrocephalus After Intraventricular Hemorrhage via Aggravating Iron Accumulation. Stroke. 2015 Oct; 46(10):2902-8.

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Tu TW, Turtzo LC, Williams RA, Lescher JD, Dean DD, Frank JA. Imaging of spontaneous ventriculomegaly and vascular malformations in Wistar rats: implications for preclinical research. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2014 Dec; 73(12):1152-65.

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AlShardan MM, Mubasher M, Orz Y, AlYamany M. Factors that predict hydrocephalus following intraventricular hemorrhage. Br J Neurosurg. 2015 Apr; 29(2):225-8.

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Manaenko A, Lekic T, Barnhart M, Hartman R, Zhang JH. Inhibition of transforming growth factor-? attenuates brain injury and neurological deficits in a rat model of germinal matrix hemorrhage. Stroke. 2014 Mar; 45(3):828-34.

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