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  • Title: 'Slit-ventricle syndrome': etiology and treatment.
    Author: Epstein F, Lapras C, Wisoff JH.
    Journal: Pediatr Neurosci; 1988; 14(1):5-10. PubMed ID: 3217284.
    Abstract:
    Between 1970 and 1986, 20 patients were treated for the 'Slit-ventricle syndrome'. Six patients had intermittent proximal shunt malfunction and 14 children had increased intracranial pressure with normal shunt function. All of the children in the second group had a relatively small calvarium. Treatment consisted of proximal shunt revision in the first group and a calvarial expansion procedure in the second. The authors discuss the differential diagnosis of the slit-ventricle syndrome and offer guidelines to appropriate treatment.
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