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Hydrocephalus: Generalities and Clinical Presentations

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Though already described in the earliest medical books (Di Rocco 1987) and investigated by generations of clinicians and basic science specialists, hydrocephalus still remains one of the most complex and obscure diseases the neurosurgeons have to face. Unfortunately, it is also one of the commonest pathological conditions that the pediatric neurosurgeon has to treat in infants, children, and adolescents. Indeed, hydrocephalus affects all age groups though presenting with distinctive clinical characteristics, specific etiologies, different responses to the treatment, and variable prognosis in the various phases of life.

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