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Hydrocephalus

"Hydrocephalus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Excessive accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid within the cranium which may be associated with dilation of cerebral ventricles, INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; HEADACHE; lethargy; URINARY INCONTINENCE; and ATAXIA.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Hydrocephalus" by people in this website by year, and whether "Hydrocephalus" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 80 publications over 25 distinct years, with a maximum of 10 publications in 2012
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