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Patterns and prognosis of Ventriculoperitoneal shunt malfunction among pediatrics in Saudi Arabia

Ikhlass S. Altwejri, Khulood K. AlRaddadi, Ghadeer A. Alsager, Abdulaziz H. Abobotain, Hissah K. Al Abdulsalam, Salman M. AlQazlan and Nasser A. Almujaiwel
Neurosciences Journal October 2020, 25 (5) 356-361; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2020.5.20200038
Ikhlass S. Altwejri
From the Division of Neurosurgery (Altwejri, Al Abdulsalam), Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, National Neuroscience Institute (AlRaddadi), King Fahad Medical City, College of Medicine (Alsager, AlQazlan, Almujaiwel), King Saud University. Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Montreal Neurological Hospital (Abobotain), Montreal, Canada
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Khulood K. AlRaddadi
From the Division of Neurosurgery (Altwejri, Al Abdulsalam), Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, National Neuroscience Institute (AlRaddadi), King Fahad Medical City, College of Medicine (Alsager, AlQazlan, Almujaiwel), King Saud University. Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Montreal Neurological Hospital (Abobotain), Montreal, Canada
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Ghadeer A. Alsager
From the Division of Neurosurgery (Altwejri, Al Abdulsalam), Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, National Neuroscience Institute (AlRaddadi), King Fahad Medical City, College of Medicine (Alsager, AlQazlan, Almujaiwel), King Saud University. Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Montreal Neurological Hospital (Abobotain), Montreal, Canada
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Abdulaziz H. Abobotain
From the Division of Neurosurgery (Altwejri, Al Abdulsalam), Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, National Neuroscience Institute (AlRaddadi), King Fahad Medical City, College of Medicine (Alsager, AlQazlan, Almujaiwel), King Saud University. Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Montreal Neurological Hospital (Abobotain), Montreal, Canada
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Hissah K. Al Abdulsalam
From the Division of Neurosurgery (Altwejri, Al Abdulsalam), Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, National Neuroscience Institute (AlRaddadi), King Fahad Medical City, College of Medicine (Alsager, AlQazlan, Almujaiwel), King Saud University. Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Montreal Neurological Hospital (Abobotain), Montreal, Canada
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Salman M. AlQazlan
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Nasser A. Almujaiwel
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vol. 25 no. 5 356-361
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2020.5.20200038
PubMed 
33459283

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1658-3183
History 
  • Received March 15, 2020
  • Accepted June 24, 2020
  • Published online January 30, 2021.

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Copyright: © Neurosciences Neurosciences is an Open Access journal and articles published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC). Readers may copy, distribute, and display the work for non-commercial purposes with the proper citation of the original work.

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  1. Ikhlass S. Altwejri, MBBS, FRCSC⇑,
  2. Khulood K. AlRaddadi, MD,
  3. Ghadeer A. Alsager, MD,
  4. Abdulaziz H. Abobotain, MD,
  5. Hissah K. Al Abdulsalam, MD,
  6. Salman M. AlQazlan, MD and
  7. Nasser A. Almujaiwel, MD
  1. From the Division of Neurosurgery (Altwejri, Al Abdulsalam), Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, National Neuroscience Institute (AlRaddadi), King Fahad Medical City, College of Medicine (Alsager, AlQazlan, Almujaiwel), King Saud University. Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Montreal Neurological Hospital (Abobotain), Montreal, Canada
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Ikhlass S. Altwejri, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, King Saud University, College of Medicine and King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: Toikhlass{at}gmail.com ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5983-6855
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