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ventriculoperitoneal

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ventriculoperitoneal /ven·tric·u·lo·peri·to·ne·al/ (ven-trik″u-lo-per″ĭ-to-ne´al) connecting a cerebral ventricle with the peritoneum, as a shunt in the treatment of hydrocephalus.
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France, 1988 Thiabendazole, (1) steroids, ventriculoperitoneal catheter Switzerland, Supportive (2) 1995 France, 1996 Supportive (3) France, 2002 Ivermectin (4) Supportive (5) Albendazole, (6) steroids Italy, 2007 Mebendazole, ([dagger]) (7) steroids UK, 2007 Supportive (8) Belgium, Albendazole, (9) 2008 steroids France, 2008 Ivermectin (1 (10) ([section]) patient) or albendazole; steroids (1 patient) Croatia Supportive This (repeated lumbar study puncture) * Ref.
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Does age or other factors influence the incidence of ventriculoperitoneal shunt infections.
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