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Discovery may upend ideas about the cause of hydrocephalus

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Discovery may upend ideas about the cause of hydrocephalus
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Newly published research includes a landmark finding changing the view that the brain’s inability to absorb buildup of cerebrospinal fluid causes hydrocephalus.
Hydrocephalus, commonly referred to as “water on the brain,” is a dangerous and potentially deadly condition that can harm the brain.
For more than a century, physicians have believed that the buildup of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) within the brain and the organ’s inability to absorb CSF is the main cause of hydroce

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