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To the Editor: In about 80 percent of all cases of hydrocephalus, the accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid is treated with shunt valves.¹ Over the past 30 years, magnetically adjustable valves have become widely accepted and routinely implanted devices. In central and northern Europe, adjustable valves are routinely implanted for about 40 percent of all shunts (in Sweden, 37 percent of those used are made by Codman-Medos, 3 percent by Sophysa).² Despite the widespread use of these valves, only a few studies regarding possible interactions with clinical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have been published. As high-field MRI is increasingly available and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Cerebrospinal Fluid Valves
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N Engl J Med 2006; 354:531-532, Feb 2, 2006. Correspondence

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