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Communicating Hydrocephalus: The Biomechanics of Progressive Ventricular Enlargement Revisited

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Intracranial Pressure and Brain Biochemical Monitoring

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  1. Academic Neurosurgery Unit, University of Cambridge, UK

    A. Peña, N. G. Harris, M. Czosnyka & J. D. Pickard

  2. Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre, University of Cambridge, UK

    A. Peña, N. G. Harris, M. Czosnyka & J. D. Pickard

  3. Cambridge Centre for Brain Repair, University of Cambridge, UK

    N. G. Harris, M. Czosnyka & J. D. Pickard

  4. Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, UK

    A. Peña & M. D. Bolton

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Peña, A., Harris, N.G., Bolton, M.D., Czosnyka, M., Pickard, J.D. (2002). Communicating Hydrocephalus: The Biomechanics of Progressive Ventricular Enlargement Revisited. In: Czosnyka, M., Pickard, J.D., Kirkpatrick, P.J., Smielewski, P., Hutchinson, P. (eds) Intracranial Pressure and Brain Biochemical Monitoring. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplements, vol 81. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-6738-0_15

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