Hydrocephalus: Multimedia

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Keywords

normal pressure hydrocephalus, communicating hydrocephalus, noncommunicating hydrocephalus, obstructive hydrocephalus, arrested hydrocephalus, acute hydrocephalus, gait apraxia, incontinence, dementia, Arnold-Chiari malformation, papilledema, precocious puberty, Dandy–Walker malformation, obesity, delayed onset of puberty, urinary incontinence, Parkinsonism, seizures, toxoplasmosis, Bickers-Adams syndrome, mental retardation, medulloblastoma, astrocytoma, prematurity, achondroplasia, cysticercosis, treatment, diagnosis

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