title: A decade of "primary" hydrocephalus in the west of Scotland.
abstract: 110 patients presenting to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow and the Paediatric Unit at Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow in the decade 1971 to 1980 were studied retrospectively. All patients had progressive hydrocephalus but excluded from consideration were patients with neural tube defects such as myelomeningocele and encephalocele. The aetiology, clinical course and outcome have been studied. The mortality was 17.2% in the first year of life and the overall mortality was 28.2%.
mesh_terms: D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007547:Isosorbide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D012606:Scotland
chemical_list: D007547:Isosorbide