Global Irradiation in Children Treated for Hydrocephalus and Its Change over Time-A Single Institutional Analysis

• Main Authors: Lukas Schabl (Author), Julia Küppers (Author), Tobias Jhala (Author), Hermann Winicker (Author), Peter Esslinger (Author), Markus Lehner (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Radiation exposure early in life is associated with greater incidences of malignancy. Our goal was to quantify radiation exposure in shunt-treated hydrocephalus patients and study changes in the diagnostic modalities used. A single-center, retrospective analysis was performed, and 41 children treate...