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Prevalence and characteristics of shunt malfunction without ventricular size change at King Abdulaziz Medical City in Riyadh

Sultan M. Albugami, Khalid W. Alwadi, Abdulmohhsen K. Alrugaib, Abdulrahman M. Alsuwailim and Tariq Aljared
Neurosciences Journal January 2021, 26 (1) 31-35; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2021.1.20200099
Sultan M. Albugami
From the Department of pediatric neurosurgery (Aljared), King Abdullah Specialist Children Hospital, from the College of Medicine (Albugami, Alwadi, Alrugaib), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, and from the College of Medicine (Alsuwailim), King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Khalid W. Alwadi
From the Department of pediatric neurosurgery (Aljared), King Abdullah Specialist Children Hospital, from the College of Medicine (Albugami, Alwadi, Alrugaib), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, and from the College of Medicine (Alsuwailim), King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdulmohhsen K. Alrugaib
From the Department of pediatric neurosurgery (Aljared), King Abdullah Specialist Children Hospital, from the College of Medicine (Albugami, Alwadi, Alrugaib), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, and from the College of Medicine (Alsuwailim), King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdulrahman M. Alsuwailim
From the Department of pediatric neurosurgery (Aljared), King Abdullah Specialist Children Hospital, from the College of Medicine (Albugami, Alwadi, Alrugaib), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, and from the College of Medicine (Alsuwailim), King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Tariq Aljared
From the Department of pediatric neurosurgery (Aljared), King Abdullah Specialist Children Hospital, from the College of Medicine (Albugami, Alwadi, Alrugaib), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, and from the College of Medicine (Alsuwailim), King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Neurosciences Journal Jan 2021, 26 (1) 31-35; DOI: 10.17712/nsj.2021.1.20200099
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