Use of a stop-flow programmable shunt valve to maximize CNS chemotherapy delivery in a pediatric patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

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Published in Surg Neurol Int on August 21, 2014

Authors

Sheri K Palejwala1, David A Stidd1, Jesse M Skoch1, Puja Gupta2, G Michael Lemole1, Martin E Weinand1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, University of Arizona, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson, Arizona, USA.
2: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Oncology, University of Cincinnati, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

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