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Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > Brain Diseases > Hydrocephalus

Preferred term

Hydrocephalus  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Hydrocephaly

Scope note

  • 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.

In other languages

  • hydrokefalus

    Finnish

  • hydrocefalus (vattenskalle, ökad mängd hjärnkammarvatten)
  • hydrocephalia
  • hydrocephalia non specificata
  • hydrocephalus
  • hydrokefalia
  • määrittämätön vesipäisyys
  • ospecificerad hydrocefalus
  • vesipäisyys
  • vesipää
  • Vattenskalle

    Swedish

  • Hydrocefalus
  • Kommunicerande hydrocefalus
  • Obstruktiv hydrocefalus
  • Post-traumatic hydrocefalus

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006849

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