Published online July 1, 2008
PEDIATRICS Vol. 122 No. 1 July 2008, pp. 220-221 (doi:10.1542/peds.2008-1237)
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

What We Gain by Measuring Head Circumference: In Reply

Sverre Morten Zahl, MD
Department of Neurosurgery
Haukeland University Hospital
N-5021 Bergen, Norway

Knut Wester, MD, PhD
Section for Neurosurgery
Department of Surgical Sciences
University of Bergen
N-5021 Bergen, Norway
Department of Neurosurgery
Haukeland University Hospital
N-5021 Bergen, Norway

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Thank you for allowing us to comment on this letter. The points raised are indeed very important; there are indications that untreated childhood hydrocephalus in some cases may remain apparently asymptomatic until adulthood and that it may predispose for later idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus (INPH).

Wilson and Williams correctly . . . [Full Text of this Article]