Volume 6 Supplement 2

53rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Research into Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida

Meeting abstracts

53rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Research into Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida. Go to conference site.

Belfast, UK24-27 June 2009

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Content type: Oral presentation

Neural tube defects in 21st century: is Northern Ireland changing?

Authors: Tabib Dabir, Fiona Stewart and Nan Hill

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S2

Published on: 27 November 2009
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To study the epidemiology of spina bifida at our centre in India

Authors: Sangram Singh and Vigya Chourishi

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S3

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Expectation of life and unexpected death in open spina bifida: 40 year complete, non-selective longitudinal cohort study

Authors: Pippa Oakeshott, Gillian M Hunt, Alison Poulton and Fiona Reid

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S4

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Pregnancy and labour in women with spina bifida

Authors: Reinhold Cremer, Nils Hofmann and Friedrich Wolff

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S5

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Living with spina bifida: neurological and neuropsychological functioning in adults with severely impaired psychosocial adaptation

Authors: Jan Stubberud, Gunnar Riemer, Karen Grimsrud and Pål-Erik Paum

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S6

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Efficacy of conventional valves compared to programmable valves in managing children & adolescents with hydrocephalus: a 450 valve retrospective study

Authors: Timothy Hatlen, David Shurtleff, Richard Ellenbogen, Anthony Avellino and Sharon Duguay

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S9

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Measurement of capillary pulsations in the rat neocortex with two-photon laser scanning confocal microscopy

Authors: James P McAllister, Mark E Wagshul, Shams Rashid and Jie Li

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S10

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Brain damage in experimental neonatal hydrocephalus: correlations between diffusion tensor imaging and cytopathology

Authors: James P McAllister, Kelley E Deren, Ahmed Shereen, Weihong Yuan, Diana M Lindquist, Scott K Holland and Francesco T Mangano

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S11

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Global neuroinflammation patterns in experimental neonatal hydrocephalus

Authors: James P McAllister II, Jennifer Forsyth and Kelley E Deren

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S12

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CSF circulation and cerebral cortex development

Authors: Jaleel Miyan

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S13

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In hydrocephalus, do protein alterations correlate with gene expression?

Authors: Janet M Miller, Jordan Coggins, Adam Wojno and Dane Benner

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S14

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Microglial downregulation in a double transgenic mouse model associated with early-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) after intraventricular implantation of alginate encapsulated Glukagon-like-peptide-1 (GLP-1) producing human mesenchymal stem-cells

Authors: Kathrin Harmening, Anna Heile, Miles Miller, Conrad E Johanson, Christine Wallrapp, Thomas Brinker, Gerald D Silverberg and Petra M Klinge

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S15

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Abdominal catheter with resistance can be an alternative in hydrocephalic children, when shunt implantation is impossible due to prematurity or extreme hydrocephalus

Authors: Kai Arnell and Pelle Nilsson

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S17

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An in vitro investigation of the antimicrobial activity of silver-processed catheters for external ventricular drainage

Authors: Litza Vera, Waheed Ashraf, Alison Mills, Oxana Stephenson and Roger Bayston

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S18

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The importance of being vertical - hydrostatic valves and angle of inclination at implantation

Authors: Christian Sprung and Claudia Schulze

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S19

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Implantation failures and suboptimal positions of gravitational valves - with massive impact on shunt dysfunction

Authors: Barbara Vienenkötter, Andreas Unterberg and Alfred Aschoff

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S20

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An in vitro study to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of a shunt catheter against Propionibacterium acnes

Authors: Waheed Ashraf, Litza Vera and Roger Bayston

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S21

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Adjustable gravitational valves. From the conception in 1996 to first implantations 2008

Authors: Alfred Aschoff, Michael Kiefer, Uwe Kehler, Bahram Hashemi and Andreas Unterberg

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S22

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Preparation for adult participation, starting at the beginning

Authors: Judy Thibadeau

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S24

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Independency in daily living of adult patients with myelomeningocele (MMC)

Authors: Mikkel Mylius Rasmussen, Dorte Clemmensen and Claus Mosdal

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S26

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Decompensation of 'arrested hydrocephalus' - 2 case studies

Authors: Josephine Hillan and John P McCann

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S27

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Palliative care: recognition of changing need in a children's spina bifida service in Northern Ireland

Authors: Nan Hill, Roy McConnell and David McAuley

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S28

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Journey into the unknown: a survey into the effects of ageing on the health of people with spina bifida and/or hydrocephalus in the West Midlands area

Authors: Geraldine Long and Jenny Green

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S29

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A survey of bowel washout practice in children with neuropathic bowel in the UK and Ireland

Authors: David Marshall, Laura Connolly and Emma Kelly

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S30

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Effectiveness and independence - different treatments of neurogenic bowel dysfunction in children with myelomeningocele

Authors: Peter Wide, Mona Skevig, Hilde Arneberg, Finn Sommer, Gunilla Glad Mattsson and Sven Mattsson

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S31

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Spend a penny independent - a multidisciplinary project

Authors: Gunilla Glad Mattsson, Marie Donlau and Sven Mattsson

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S32

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The double dutch technique: split ileal graft and double Monti tube in ileocystoplasy

Authors: Pieter Dik, Rafal Chrzan, Aart Klijn and Tom De Jong

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S33

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Fractures in children and adolescents with spina bifida - experience of a Portuguese tertiary care hospital

Authors: Humberto Marreiros, Luísa Monteiro, Clara Loff and Eulália Calado

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S34

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Urinary calcium excretion in children with spina bifida: correlation to level of lesion, mobility and frequency of fractures?

Authors: Marcus Pauly and Reinhold Cremer

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S35

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Review of cumulative diagnostic radiation exposure during childhood in patients with spina bifida

Authors: Gregory Smookler

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S36

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The impact of continence - reviewed fourteen years later

Authors: Lissa Higgins and Sheilagh Reid

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S37

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Fetal operation followed by Caesarean section may have a beneficial effect upon neuromuscular function in spina bifida aperta

Authors: Renate Verbeek, Axel Heep, Natasha Maurits, Reinhold Cremer, Oebele Brouwer, Johannes van der Hoeven and Deborah Sival

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S38

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A porcine model of hydrocephalus induced by gamma knife irradiation

Authors: John Duncan III, Ilias Caralopoulos, Georg Noren, Edward Stopa, Gerald Silverberg, Petra Klinge, John Donahue, Michael Park, Miles Miller and Conrad Johanson

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S40

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Expression of p73 in the developing human subcommissural organ

Authors: Emilia Carmona-Calero, Ibrahim González-Marrero, Leandro Castañeyra-Ruiz, Juan González-Toledo, Agustín Castañeyra-Ruiz, Héctor de Paz-Carmona, Maria Castañeyra, Isabel Hernández-Garde and Agustin Castañeyra-Perdomo

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S41

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Choroid plexus differences in rats with spontaneous and induced hydrocephalus

Authors: Agustín Castañeyra-Perdomo, Ibrahim González-Marrero, Juan M González-Toledo, Leandro Castañeyra-Ruiz, Héctor de Paz-Carmona, Agustín Castañeyra-Ruiz, Maria Castañeyra, Isabel Hernández-Garde and Emilia M Carmona-Calero

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S42

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Tethered cord - a new animal model

Authors: Dorte Clemmensen, Mikkel Mylius Rasmussen, Michael Pedersen, Sanja Karabegovich and Claus Mosdal

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S46

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Content type: Session report

Experimental Hydrocephalus Pre-meeting 24^th June 2009

Authors: Hazel Jones

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S48

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Content type: Introduction

53rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Research into Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida

Authors: Hugh Richards and Deborah Sival

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S1

Published on: 27 November 2009
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Cognitive and psychological sequelae of hydrocephalus and spina bifida: correlating subjective data and objective neuropsychological data to establish insight and inform clinical intervention and guidelines

Authors: Trudi Edginton, Jo Iddon, Catherine Loveday, John Pickard and Richard Morgan

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S7

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Visual field examination for children with shunted hydrocephalus

Authors: Diana Rudolph, Ina Sterker, Holger Till, Gerd Gräfe and Christian Geyer

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S8

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Periventricular destabilization and ventriculomegaly in aging rats: implications for reduced neurogenesis and cognition

Authors: Conrad Johanson, Arthur Messier, Miles Miller, Crissey Pascale, Kumar Vasudevan, John Donahue, Edward Stopa, Ed Sabo, Ilias Caralopoulos, Petra Klinge, Thomas Brinker and Gerald Silverberg

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S16

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Modelling, estimation and optimal control issues in cerebrospinal fluid dynamics

Authors: Kalyan Raman

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S23

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Quality of life of African children with spina bifida: results of a validated instrument

Authors: Hanneke Jansen, Esther Blokland, Catharine de Jong, Janneke Greving and Dan Poenaru

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S25

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Hypoventilation and sleep apnoea in spina bifida - an unrecognised problem?

Authors: Josephine Hillan and John P McCann

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S39

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A Swedish national follow-up programme for children and adolescents with myelomeningocele

Authors: Sven Mattsson, Margareta Dahl, Ingrid Olsson, Maggie Wendelius, Lena Westbom and Eva Åström

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S43

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A 50 year natural history of an untreated myelomeningocele - a rare case

Authors: Claus Mosdal, Mikkel Mylius Rasmussen and Dorte Clemmensen

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S44

Published on: 27 November 2009
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Changing needs for children and adults with spina bifida and hydrocephalus in Northern Ireland

Authors: Marie McGonnell

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S45

Published on: 27 November 2009
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A single-unit survey of bowel washout practice in children with neuropathic bowel

Authors: David Marshall, Emma Kelly, Laura Connolly, Alan Bailie and Nan Hill

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S47

Published on: 27 November 2009
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Long-term management of children with spina bifida: commentary on the nurses break-out session, June 26^th

Authors: Emma Kelly

Citation: Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009 6(Suppl 2):S49

Published on: 27 November 2009
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53rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Research into Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida

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