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    Hydrocephalus

    Hydrocephalus is defined as the abnormal accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), within all or part of the ventricular system, which is currently, or has been, at an abnormally high pressure. The increased ...

    Federico Di Rocco, Matthew Garnett, Thomas Roujeau, Stephanie Puget in Neurosurgery (2010)

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    Craniosynostosis

    Craniosynostosis is the premature fusion of cranial sutures leading to an abnormal skull shape. Abnormal skull shapes were described by Hippocrates and Galen. Virchow [126], however, was the first to relate th...

    Marie Lise C. van Veelen-Vincent, Irene Mathijssen, Eric Arnaud in Neurosurgery (2010)