Transillumination Test as a Bedside Screening and Assessment Tool in Neonates and Infants with Hydrocephalus

Karrthik Murugasan^{1

2

3}, Eddie Lim Wei Ming^{1

2

3}, Lee Calwin^{1

2}, Balamurugan Rajendran^{1

2

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosciences, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Health Campus, Kelantan, Malaysia.
² Hospital Pakar Universiti Sains Malaysia, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Health Campus, Kelantan, Malaysia.
³ Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital Umum Sarawak, Sarawak, Malaysia.
⁴ Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital Queen Elizabeth, Sabah, Malaysia.

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Karrthik Murugasan et al. Malays J Med Sci. 2025 Feb.

. 2025 Feb;32(1):188-193.

doi: 10.21315/mjms-11-2024-900. Epub 2025 Feb 28.

Karrthik Murugasan^{1

2

3}, Eddie Lim Wei Ming^{1

2

3}, Lee Calwin^{1

2}, Balamurugan Rajendran^{1

2

4}

¹ Department of Neurosciences, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Health Campus, Kelantan, Malaysia.
² Hospital Pakar Universiti Sains Malaysia, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Health Campus, Kelantan, Malaysia.
³ Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital Umum Sarawak, Sarawak, Malaysia.
⁴ Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital Queen Elizabeth, Sabah, Malaysia.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest: None.

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